Lie Quotes

4989 Lie quotes by 2863 unique authors

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. — Joseph Brodsky
Yet in this my stars were not Mercury as morning star in the angle of the seventh house, in quartile with Mars, but they were… — Johannes Kepler
Painters and poets have liberty to lie. — Robert Burns
He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others. — Horace
Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. — Samuel Johnson
People say photographs don't lie, mine do. — David LaChapelle
If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody. — Satchel Paige
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie. — Joseph Curiale
Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for… — Christopher Columbus
When one of your children tells a lie, be honest with him; tell him that you have told hundreds of them yourself. Tell him it… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If you repeat a lie often enough if becomes accepted as truth. — Joseph Goebbels
Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also. — Robert Browning
The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence of life, or… — Freya Stark
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night,… — Mark Twain
The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles,… — William Cowper
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. — Norman Douglas
Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. — Tad Williams
One night she hid the pink cotton scarf from her raincoat in the pillowcase when the nurse came around to lock up her drawers and… — Sylvia Plath
A lie is an excuse guarded — Jonathan Swift
I'm not smart enough to lie — Ronald Reagan
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. — Eric Hoffer

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