Lying Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Download Open image “When one is polite in German, one lies.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lying Polite
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little Copy Share Image
Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it. — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
Telling a lie is called wrong. Telling the truth is called right. Except when telling the truth is called bad manners and telling a… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.] — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
“Don't lie!' 'Tell the truth!' are words which we must never say to another person in so far as we consider him our equal.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“...the Germans love frankness and honesty. It is so convenient to be frank and honest. This confidingness, this complacence, this showing the cards of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out in space. That is . . . the distant future, though not so distant as we may have thought. Whoever gains that ultimate position gains control, total control, over the Earth, for the purposes of tyranny… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share
Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When… — Natalie Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our thoughts, not in things or circumstances. You and I possess the power to change our thoughts. It is our greatest power - the power to choose. If you are feeling stressful, choose to relax. Look at… — Bob Proctor Copy Share
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left… — Abul A'la Maududi Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise of the Internet wasn't merely to inflate relationships, without adding depth, resonance, and meaning. It was… — Umair Haque Copy Share
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