Lying Quotes

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Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time.… — Jodi Picoult
You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict it with a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Lie down and offer your throat. No, wait, that's how dogs submit. I know! Offer her you're wallet!" Oberon — Kevin Hearne
We cannot build on peace on blood. We are still so addicted to this lie. We have this fantasy that we honor the dead by… — Stefan Molyneux
People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin. — Anne Perry
As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she… — Louise GluÌˆck
Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is… — Jim Butcher
Sneaking was a kind of deceit. So was disguise. Just past midnight, wearing dark trousers and Fox's hood, the queen snuck out of her own… — Kristin Cashore
Shame usually follows a patternâ€”a cycle of self-recrimination and lies that claims life after life. First, we experience an intensely painful event. Second, we believe… — Craig Groeschel
The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshellâ€”in the clearness of the instructions they receive. — Robert Baden-Powell
A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it… — George Eliot
The prefect evening...lying down on the couch beside the bookcase and reading himself sleepy...Jim lying opposite him at the other end of the couch, also… — Christopher Isherwood
Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more… — Victor Serge
Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe. — Anne Lamott
Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that… — Neal Shusterman
There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything. — Sylvia Day
If I'm alone at home, I get increasingly restless, bothered by the idea that I'm missing some crucial encounter out there somewhere. But if I'm… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you. — Sophie Kinsella
Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing â€” a golem. And, indeed, this image, sick-eningly Orwellian, applies to the… — Terence McKenna
Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood. — Lu Xun

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