Lying Quotes

8656 quotes by 4266 authors

The significance of language for the evolution of culture lies in this, that mankind set up in language a separate world beside the other world,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the… — John Burroughs
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the… — Samuel Johnson
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think… — Remy de Gourmont
But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor pity nor forgive.… — Rudyard Kipling
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream. for all of us today, the battle is in our hands.… — Martin Luther
We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and… — Cecil Day-Lewis
What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded… — Charles Lindbergh
Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful. — Jerry Hall
Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies… — James Cash Penney
Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to… — Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught. — Mark Twain
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners.… — Quentin Crisp
What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other… — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent… — Thomas Jefferson
A truth now and then projecting into the ocean of newspaper lies serves like headlands to correct our course. Indeed, my scepticism as to everything… — Thomas Jefferson

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