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Lying Quotes by Sam Harris
- [I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our…
- One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts one at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is…
- Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is…
- Unlike statements of fact, which require no further work on our part, lies must be continually protected from collisions with reality.
- By lying, we deny others a view of the world as it is. Our dishonesty not only influences the choices they make, it often determines…
- Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.
More Lying Quotes
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- In delay there lies no plenty. — William Shakespeare
- The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt