It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Constantly lying to yourself requires a special variety of stamina.” — Alice Feeney Copy Share Image
The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. — John Grierson Copy Share Image
With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I was born and bred in Coventry. I played for the club as well, so that's where my liaisons lie. — Bobby Gould Copy Share Image
The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination, and resources of its people. — Ernesto Sirolli Copy Share Image
I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
In the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, from the prison of past conditioning. Uncertainty is… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There was quite a lot of lying around in fields at Stonar, a small independent girls' school in the country near Bath.… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Interesting." Raistlin coughed the word. Tanis glanced at him sharply. "What is interesting?" "I've never heard you lie before, Half-Elf," Raistlin said… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
All err the more dangerously because each follows a truth. Their mistake lies not in following a falsehood but in not following… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper… — Frank Bettger Copy Share Image
The chief value of the rule lies in preventing an immediate and obvious but inferior good from replacing a longer-range, less obvious… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
We are keenly in sympathy with the representatives of Labour. We have too few of them in the House of Commons. The… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it, the fear that lies… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I've got a sweater." Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. "Here." "Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm."… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I AM (your true self) is not interested in man’s opinion. All its interest lies in your conviction of yourself. What do… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image