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Lying Quotes by Henrik Ibsen
- I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.
- The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must…
- It is no use lying to one's self.
- If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
- Don't use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'
- The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling…
- What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to…
- There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and…
- I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
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- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius