Lying Quotes

8656 quotes by 4266 authors

In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it… — Thomas Carlyle
So when or you or I are made A fable, song, or fleeting shade; All love, all liking, all delight Lies drowned with us in… — Robert Herrick
There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is… — Edwin Muir
Parliaments are the great lie of our time. — Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy. — William Wordsworth
I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right — Orson Scott Card
A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on. — Mark Twain
The art of conversation lies in listening. — Malcolm Forbes
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head. — Isaac Watts
Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is… — Richard Bach
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching. — George Bernard Shaw
Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation… — Tom Peters
In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity. — Albert Einstein
Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life.… — Laurence J. Peter
The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability… — Wang Yangming
There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job. — George W. Crane
There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And… — Gelett Burgess
We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities. — Joshua Waitzkin
Experience has taught me that advertisers get the best results when they pay their agency a flat fee. It is unrealistic to expect your agency… — David Ogilvy

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