"Love is the first lie; wisdom the last." — Djuna Barnes

"Love is the first lie; wisdom the last."

— Djuna Barnes

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More First Lie Quotes

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The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or… — Isabel Allende
The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. — Joseph Brodsky
But the first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart. — Michael Chabon
Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and… — Anita Shreve
Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make… — Derrick Jensen
None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first… — Djuna Barnes
No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually… — Lewis B. Smedes
When you asked me what I dream about, I couldnt say you, so I told my first lie. when you… — Zoheb
You are so much better than to give it all away to the first guy, first try, first lie, first… — Julia Klassen
Why stick around after the first lie? Wasn't the first one good enough? — Danny Tagle

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