Lying Quotes

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The key to lying skillfully is never lie to yourself. — Tammara Webber
Growing up with my dad taught me to either lie like a pro or not bother. — Tammara Webber
Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to… — Rachel Cohn
When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. â€˜Mythomaniaâ€™ is the… — Haruki Murakami
Thereâ€™s more to honesty than â€¦ than an arrangement of words. They say faeries canâ€™t lie, but you lie in your intentions, your attitude, your… — Cassandra Clare
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saffy could tell by the feel of the darkness that Caddy was awake. She said, "Caddy, how far back can you remember?" "Oh," said Caddy,… — Hilary McKay
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace -… — Tom Robbins
Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at… — Alice Hoffman
This is a classic story of the friendship between humans and cats. Yes. I got in a lie right from the start! — Hiro Mashima
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism… — Alain de Botton
... But I'm annoying you to no purpose with my arguments. A person whose house is only open on the west can't see the sun… — Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
I really think I shall commence chapter forty-four," he said, patting his hands together. "I shall commence, I think, with a slight exaggeration and go… — Shirley Jackson
Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths — J M Coetzee
Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying flat in the meadows, crying as if their… — Elizabeth George Speare
All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to… — Lauren Oliver
We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually lying, pretty much… — Chuck Klosterman
Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father, Your mother, your sister, or your brother? I have neither father, nor mother, nor… — Charles Baudelaire
I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait for you. — C.S. Lewis
I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to… — Julian Barnes

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