We Lie Quotes
67 quotes by 59 authors
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
— Samuel Butler
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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
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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
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Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.
— Leonidas I
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Maybe if we lie down our brains will work.
— Jerry Seinfeld
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles,…
— William Cowper
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
— Eric Hoffer
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If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We…
— Simonides of Ceos
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... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the…
— Masha Gessen
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While we lie tumbling in the hay.
— William Shakespeare
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We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organ of its activity. When we discern justice, when…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What is it about the government and its agents and employees that they can lie to us with impunity, but we risk being sent to…
— Andrew Napolitano
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Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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The long days seduce all thought away, and we lie like the lizards in the sun, postponing our lives indefinitely.
— Elizabeth Smart
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In talking about the past, we lie with every breath we draw.
— William Maxwell
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Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world,…
— Steve Almond
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Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie…
— John Donne
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The stomach, when we lie down to rest, should have its work done, that it may enjoy rest, as well as other portions of the…
— Ellen G. White
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Commit to stop making excuses. When we make excuses, we lie to ourselves and continue bad habits.
— Joyce Meyer
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There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by…
— Dante Alighieri
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