"Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words."

Lie, Lies, Obvious, Words

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"Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words."

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"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Sanity is a cozy lie."

Susan Sontag, American Author

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"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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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, British Poet

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"There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone."

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"If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures."

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"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

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"Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words."

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"Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."

Usefulness,

"There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."

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