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"The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry."
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"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."
"But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company."
"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."
"When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door."
"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."
"I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us."
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"It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down."
"When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door."
"A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams."
"The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work."
"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."
"As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles."
"There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice."
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