Lying Quotes

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The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral. — Aristippus
To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow. — Natalia Makarova
The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt. — Benjamin Franklin
Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be swindled into believing there's any… — Tallulah Bankhead
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have… — Charles Churchill
I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are… — Samuel Johnson
Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell. — William Penn
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. — Andrew Johnson
It is not a zero sum game. The simple idea of the gains from trade lies at the heart of the modern and the ancient… — Matt Ridley
When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your… — Rick Pitino
The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the… — Adolf Hitler
Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term… — James Madison
How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the… — Aneurin Bevan
Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you. — Zig Ziglar
The chief value of the rule lies in preventing an immediate and obvious but inferior good from replacing a longer-range, less obvious but superior one. — Ralph Raico
When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a… — Abraham Lincoln
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait… — Katharine Hepburn
Every lie has 2 parts - the lie we tell others and the one we tell ourselves to justify it. — George Deukmejian
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and… — Adam Sedgwick
The beauty of physics lies in the extent which seemingly complex and unrelated phenomena can be explained and correlated through a high level of abstraction… — Melvin Schwartz

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