Lying Quotes
8656 quotes by 4266 authors
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Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.
— Bell Hooks
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Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy…
— Amilcar Cabral
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Nine lies on his back, groaning. His chest is shredded from where Eight slashed him, he’s got a fresh black eye, and I think I…
— Pittacus Lore
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Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn
— Abbi Glines
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I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.
— Jacqueline Carey
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Lies," Mr Solomon said the next morning as he walked into the classroom. "We tell them to our friends," he said. "We tell them to…
— Ally Carter
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There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.
— Samantha Shannon
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We're going to be okay." Here's the thing about being a spy: sometimes all you have are your lies. They protect your cover and keep…
— Ally Carter
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We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.
— Patrick Ness
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because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .
— Nicholas Sparks
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Cath wished she didn't use the word "just" so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying.
— Rainbow Rowell
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Embrace beautiful lies - the chronic insanity of the sane
— Sarah Kane
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
— Graham Greene
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You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
— Kate Atkinson
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This is the time to be slow, Lie low to the wall Until the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to let…
— John O'Donohue
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I eyed Dimitri, recalling a shadow in my periphery back in the ballroom. "You followed when I jumped in front of Lissa, didn't you? Who…
— Richelle Mead
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The lie that started it all.
— Sara Shepard
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Think long and hard about how you proceed, Nico di Angelo. You cannot lie to Cupid. If you let your anger rule you... well, your…
— Rick Riordan
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In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be…
— Neil Gaiman
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For me, it feels like driving from truth into a lie, from adulthood to childhoold. I watch the land of pavement and glass and metal…
— Veronica Roth
Who Wrote These Lying Quotes
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