Lying Quotes

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Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. — Miguel de Unamuno
Truth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of nature, the push of water or wind.… — Deb Caletti
His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He… — J.R.R. Tolkien
He stared down at the golden curls of the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince… — Neil Gaiman
In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or… — Christopher Hitchens
Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my… — William Shakespeare
â€¦â€¦, but as I am a scholar I feel obliged to document what it is like here, most of the time, between the dramatic climaxes.… — Margaret Edson
Whenever I look at me, all i see are things I'd like to change. Whenever Damon looks at me, all he sees is a glorious… — Alyson Noel
We spend our lives getting caught up in all the wrong things--led astray by our minds, our egos, seeing ourselves as separate from each other,… — Alyson Noel
True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life,"… — Paulo Freire
It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all you… — Justin Cronin
Your friend is intellectually honourable," Jimmy's mother would say. "He doesn't lie to himself. — Margaret Atwood
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows… — Ayn Rand
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels?… — Bertrand Russell
Also, go inside and listen to your body, because your body will never lie to you. Your mind will play tricks, but the way you… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
How memories lie to us. How time coats the ordinary with gold. How it breaks the heart to go back and attempt to re-live them.… — Henry Rollins
History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the… — Julian Barnes
The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself — Mahatma Gandhi
The theory is that if you spill all your secrets, you'll have no desire to lie about anything, ever again. Like the worst about you… — Veronica Roth

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