Lying Quotes

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes… — Hannah Arendt
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling… — 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
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in… — Aristotle
I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods… — David Arquette
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons;… — Mary Astell
It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ. — Wystan Hugh Auden
A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it. — Diane Ackerman
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila
I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a… — Dan Aykroyd
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
I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel… — Amy Adams

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