Lying Quotes

8656 quotes by 4266 authors

Lie down on the ground and feel the planet's heart beating. — Paulo Coelho
We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding. — Rudyard Kipling
You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there. — David Levithan
I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the… — Edgar Allan Poe
She suffers according to the digits of my hate. I hear the filaments of alabaster. I would lie down with them and lift my madness… — Anne Sexton
Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord… — Charles R. Swindoll
It is always better to live the truth than to live a lie. And that lie would have kept him alone forever. He may have… — Cassandra Clare
One man's gospel truth is another man's blasphemous lie. The dangerous thing about people is the way we'll try to kill anyone whose truth doesn't… — Mira Grant
â€Ž"sheâ€™ mad but sheâ€™ magic. thereâ€™ no lie in her fire. — Charles Bukowski
Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it — Sylvia Plath
We are all created to be miserable, and that we all know it, and all invent means of deceiving each other. And when one sees… — Leo Tolstoy
There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt. — Jodi Picoult
When stones lying warm in the sun were turned over, they exposed the cold, damp earth underneath; and that was where Masako had burrowed deep.… — Natsuo Kirino
I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again. I want to… — David Levithan
Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth. — Tamora Pierce
Wherever you go you will find people lying to you, and as your awareness grows, you will notice that you also lie to yourself. Do… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you." "I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought… — Tamora Pierce
Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a… — Mira Grant
But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell where truth ends and a… — Arlene J. Chai
Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends. — Graham Greene

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