Lies Quotes
5942 Lies quotes by 3132 unique authors
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To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are too poor to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...]…
— Martin Luther
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Tell me there is a God in the serene heavens that will damn his children for the expression of an honest belief! More men have…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid the world of…
— Albert Einstein
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The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite…
— Leo Tolstoy
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The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.
— Lincoln Steffens
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Lies are the mortar that binds the savage individual man into the social masonry.
— H.G. Wells
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Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.
— Sun Tzu
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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
— Sun Tzu
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In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.
— Bruce Lee
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Your excuses are nothing more than the lies your fears have sold you.
— Robin Sharma
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The portion we see of human beings is very small: their formats and faces, voices and words.... beyond these, like an immense dark continent, lies…
— Freya Stark
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The best hope for peace in the world lies in the simple but far-reaching recognition that we all have many different associations and affiliations, and…
— Amartya Sen
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We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it is unimaginable, unrealizable; nor yet toward the wholly like because it is stale - identity…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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Oh despise not election! therein lies all your hope, that there is a remnant who shall infallibly be saved.
— Thomas Goodwin
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The interaction of genetic and external influences makes my behaviour unpredictable, but not undetermined. In the gap between those words lies freedom.
— Matt Ridley
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Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn't exist' - 'The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers…
— Alan Greenspan
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Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.
— William Shakespeare
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Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in…
— George MacDonald
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The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should…
— Li Ka-shing
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When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy. Be honest with…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The question of all questions for humanity, the problem which lies behind all others and is more interesting than any of them, is that of…
— Thomas Huxley
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The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
— David Copperfield
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Each must discover his own way in life, and that way lies in his heart. Let him delve deeply into the depths of his being;…
— Nilakanta Sri Ram
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