Lying Quotes

8656 quotes by 4266 authors

Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. It is like… — Wendell Berry
A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground. — Emile Zola
Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves. — R.L. LaFevers
There she is, lying in front of me, smoking a cigarette, thinking of something or someone else. And thatâ€™s how she is stuck in my… — Pete Wentz
I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw… — Tessa Dare
Donâ€™t ever trust anyone whoâ€™s writing a book. They make up lies for a living. — Rosemary Clement-Moore
Lying mouth to mouth, kiss to kiss in the pillow dark, loin to loin in unbelievable surrendering sweetness so distant from all our mental fearful… — Jack Kerouac
Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of… — A. E. Housman
White in the moon the long road lies, The moon stands blank above; White in the moon the long road lies That leads me from… — A. E. Housman
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth. — George Orwell
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies. — Holly Black
The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack… — William Peter Blatty
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered… — Paulo Coelho
I don't like to think of it as 'stolen'. They have no proof that I didn't plan on giving it back." "You're kidding, right?" He… — Marissa Meyer
Being alone has a power over me that never fails. My interior dissolves (for the time being only superficially) and is ready to release what… — Franz Kafka
The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like Iâ€™m falling, but… — Markus Zusak
When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all meaning. I'd lie… — Cassandra Clare
It is not our level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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