Lying Quotes

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[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend]… — Anton Chekhov
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
As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face. — Edith Piaf
Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. — Tad Williams
The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it. — James Russell Lowell
Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites,… — Ambrose Bierce
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. — H. L. Mencken
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
It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only remedy for dogmatism and lies… — Joyce Cary
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me,… — Learned Hand
...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real progress, and the freedom that… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. — Douglas MacArthur
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows… — Mahatma Gandhi
A lie is an excuse guarded — Jonathan Swift
I'm not smart enough to lie — Ronald Reagan
Oh, what lies there are in kisses. — Heinrich Heine
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it. — Paula Fox
The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it… — Ernest Hemingway

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