Lies Quotes
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Truth exists; only lies are invented (Quote by - Georges Braque)
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. (Quote by - Baltasar Gracian)
My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. (Quote by - John Turturro)
Within the problem lies the solution. (Quote by - Milton Katselas)
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. (Quote by - Arthur Calwell)
The search for truth implies a duty. One must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
Of all lies, art is the least untrue (Quote by - Gustav Flaubert)
Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
Liars need to have good memories. (Quote by - Algernon Sidney)
Lies that build are better than truths that destroy. (Quote by - Senegalese Proverb)
For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. (Quote by - Derrick Jensen)
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! (Quote by - Georges Bernanos)
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.(Quote by -Ralph Waldo Emerson)
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation. (Quote by - Alexander Haig)
A man who tells lies, like me, merely hides the truth. But a man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it. (Quote by - Claude Rains)
I keep reading between the lies. (Quote by - Goodman Ace)
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor. (Quote by - Latin Proverb)
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. (Quote by - Saki)
Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering. (Quote by - Steven Soderbergh)
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. (Quote by - Tommy Lasorda)
If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it. (Quote by - Billy Boy Franklin)
A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on. (Quote by - James Watt)
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
Happiness lies first of all in health. (Quote by - George William Curtis)
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth. (Quote by - Ashleigh Brilliant)
There are lies damn lies and statistics. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. (Quote by - Anatole France)
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. (Quote by - Martha Gellhorn)
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies. (Quote by - B. Traven)
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. (Quote by - Aleister Crowley)
Only lies and evil come from letting people off. (Quote by - Iris Murdoch)
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. (Quote by - Alfred Lord Tennyson)
If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it. (Quote by - Zohar)
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.(Quote by - Jim Davis)
Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. (Quote by - Elias Canetti)
He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth. (Quote by - Arabian Proverb)
