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Lies Quotes by Edward Abbey
- Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature.
- If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's…
- In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty.
- Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.
- The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.
- Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is…
- Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The air is clean,…
More Lies Quotes
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
- To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila
- Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
- I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies. — David Bailey
- Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. — Mikhail Bakunin
- This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come… — Mikhail Bakunin