Lying Quotes

8656 Lying quotes by 4266 unique authors

Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ...… — Subhas Chandra Bose
He [Stephen Douglas] is blowing out the moral lights around us, when he contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to hold them; that… — Abraham Lincoln
The universalists, the idealists, the Utopians all aim too high. They give promises of an unattainable paradise, and by doing so they deceive mankind. Whatever… — Adolf Hitler
Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy. — Sun Tzu
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the… — Douglas MacArthur
I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses... — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing… — Mark Twain
When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. — Robert Higgs
No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies. — Salvador de Madariaga
The grower of trees, the gardener, the man born to farming, whose hands reach into the ground and sprout, to him the soil is a… — Wendell Berry
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. — Robert Foster Bennett
All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work… — Steve Almond
What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low. — Unknown Author
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. — James Anthony Froude
The road to perseverance lies by doubt. — Francis Quarles
A gentleman is one who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share othe world and lets other people… — Paul G. Hoffman
And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. — Andrew Marvell
I'd be lying to you if I said guys weren't afraid of him. I'm afraid of him, afraid of him running in to me. — Unknown Author
Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won't cry, lips that won't lie, and love that won't die. — Wiz Khalifa
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. — Alexander Pope
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands. — Unknown Author
"It's just literally being afraid. And you think, oh, [the alcohol] will ease the fear. And it doesn't." What was he afraid of? "Everything. It's… — Robin Williams
I thought I was fooling people. But it's the old thing of 'they say vodka doesn't smell'. No, not until you sweat. And you just… — Robin Williams
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have. — Garrison Keillor

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