"Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."

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"Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

William James, American Philosopher

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"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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"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

Edward de Bono, English Psychologist

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"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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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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"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you."

Ken Follet, Welsh Author

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"Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it."

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"When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from."

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"A man is known by the silence he keeps."

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"Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember."

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"Age, like distance lends a double charm."

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"Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure."

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"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan."

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