Lying Quotes

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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. — Thomas Carlyle
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. — Thomas Carlyle
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter,… — Thomas Carlyle
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! — Andrew Carnegie
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of… — Dale Carnegie
I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. — Eric Carr
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or… — John le Carre
We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to… — John le Carre
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were… — Giacomo Casanova
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it… — Giacomo Casanova
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll… — Jimmy Carter
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. — Willa Cather
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view,… — Willa Cather
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall
When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular… — Nick Cave
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. — Miguel de Cervantes
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. — Paul Cezanne

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