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"You can trust bad liars."
Toba Beta
"You can trust bad liars."
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"Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts."
Robert Jordan
"Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts."
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"Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction."
Criss Jami
"Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction."
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"Betrayal dressed in love and trimmed with the facade of good intentions is the most barbaric of all betrayals."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Betrayal dressed in love and trimmed with the facade of good intentions is the most barbaric of all betrayals."
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"Our covetousness for miracles and wonders leads into self-deception."
Sunday Adelaja
"Our covetousness for miracles and wonders leads into self-deception."
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"We're like Iraq. We're hiding missiles. We've got two missiles in reserve."
Jayson Williams
"We're like Iraq. We're hiding missiles. We've got two missiles in reserve."
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"All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself."
Charles Dickens
"All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself."
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"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
Sophocles
"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."
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"The darkness always lies."
Anthony Liccione
"The darkness always lies."
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"There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth."
Veronica Roth
"There is an art to Noavek bullshit," Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth."
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"We hide our demons so good, that the angels we show, bare the shame on their faces."
Anthony Liccione
"We hide our demons so good, that the angels we show, bare the shame on their faces."
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"There is a great counterfeiter who adapts himself to every culture, even deceiving true believers at times. He doesn't charge on the scene clothed in red and wearing a hideous mask but charms his way as an "angel of light". This is how Satan operates."
Billy Graham
"There is a great counterfeiter who adapts himself to every culture, even deceiving true believers at times. He doesn't charge on the scene clothed in red and wearing a hideous mask but charms his way as an "angel of light". This is how Satan operates."
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"I already hated that gray suit and then having to go through putting on that wig with a false front - again made me feel so trapped inside this person who was desperately wanting to break out of it but she was so caught up in the web of deception that she couldn't."
Kim Novak
"I already hated that gray suit and then having to go through putting on that wig with a false front - again made me feel so trapped inside this person who was desperately wanting to break out of it but she was so caught up in the web of deception that she couldn't."
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"Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of a dark seed growing.Trust is the color of a heart's blood flowing.Trust is the color of a soul's last breath.Trust is the color of death.Give me your trust said the queen on her throne,for I must bear the burden alone.Trust me to lead and to judge and to rule, and no man will think you a fool.But trust is the sound of the grave-dog's bark.Trust is the sound of betrayal in the dark.Trust is the sound of a soul's last breath.Trust is the sound of death."
Robert Jordan
"Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of a dark seed growing.Trust is the color of a heart's blood flowing.Trust is the color of a soul's last breath.Trust is the color of death.Give me your trust said the queen on her throne,for I must bear the burden alone.Trust me to lead and to judge and to rule, and no man will think you a fool.But trust is the sound of the grave-dog's bark.Trust is the sound of betrayal in the dark.Trust is the sound of a soul's last breath.Trust is the sound of death."
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"I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence."
William Shakespeare
"I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence."
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"And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."
William Shakespeare
"And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."
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"I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today."
Sarah Palin
"I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today."
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"When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one."
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"Lying is the most simple form of self-defence."
Susan Sontag
"Lying is the most simple form of self-defence."
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"Evil comes from all source of gospel that tells people that you could be rich and wealthy without doing the hard work."
Sunday Adelaja
"Evil comes from all source of gospel that tells people that you could be rich and wealthy without doing the hard work."
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"What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is People don't believe that hard work is worth it."
Sunday Adelaja
"What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is People don't believe that hard work is worth it."
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"True evil is unlikely to receive an invitation from us, so it clothes itself in just enough truth to make itself look appealing and then it looks to unpeel us."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"True evil is unlikely to receive an invitation from us, so it clothes itself in just enough truth to make itself look appealing and then it looks to unpeel us."
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"Lying is an elementary means of self-defense."
Susan Sontag
"Lying is an elementary means of self-defense."
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"The Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith justice, evil - they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay in one form or in one place forever. The whole universe is like some big FedEx box."
Haruki Murakami
"The Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith justice, evil - they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay in one form or in one place forever. The whole universe is like some big FedEx box."
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"I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them."
Charles Van Doren
"I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them."
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"I know when you say a lie... and now I bet 200$ that you lie."
Deyth Banger
"I know when you say a lie... and now I bet 200$ that you lie."
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"The main weapon of the devil is disillusionment."
Sunday Adelaja
"The main weapon of the devil is disillusionment."
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"One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know."
"One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know."
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"There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books."
Maggie Stiefvater
"There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books."
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"If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they'll never guess that you never understood the question in the first place."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they'll never guess that you never understood the question in the first place."
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"You can't play "How will you do it... if you are on my place..." - Now you feel comfortable from that side... you feel that it's right from your side... so you put that as a peace in the recipe and some extra ingredients you add and look you just created the best lie as being in my state."
Deyth Banger
"You can't play "How will you do it... if you are on my place..." - Now you feel comfortable from that side... you feel that it's right from your side... so you put that as a peace in the recipe and some extra ingredients you add and look you just created the best lie as being in my state."
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"The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth."
George R. R. Martin
"The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth."
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"Lies make for pathetic allies."
T. F. Hodge
"Lies make for pathetic allies."
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"Our miracle centered gospel is what has turned our people into scammers."
Sunday Adelaja
"Our miracle centered gospel is what has turned our people into scammers."
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"Old liarshold lies."
Toba Beta
"Old liarshold lies."
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"It's not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying."
Robert A. Heinlein
"It's not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying."
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"What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer? Sazed asked."I'd think that you were lying, Vin said."Have you known me to lie before?"The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time."
Brandon Sanderson
"What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer? Sazed asked."I'd think that you were lying, Vin said."Have you known me to lie before?"The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time."
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"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."
David Levithan
"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."
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"Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear."
Michael Bassey Johnson
"Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear."
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"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness,/ Wherein the...enemy does much."
William Shakespeare
"Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness,/ Wherein the...enemy does much."
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"They lie deadly that tell you have good faces."
William Shakespeare
"They lie deadly that tell you have good faces."
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"There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them."
Charles Caleb Colton
"There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them."
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"The essence of lying is in deception, not in words."
John Ruskin
"The essence of lying is in deception, not in words."
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"The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars."
Theodore Sturgeon
"The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars."
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"Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also""either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths."
John Steinbeck
"Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. She stayed close enough to the truth so that one could never be sure. She knew two other methods also""either to interlard her lies with truth or to tell a truth as though it were a lie. If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths."
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"When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey."
Sunday Adelaja
"When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey."
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"Swann could at once detect in this story one of those fragments of literal truth which liars, when taken by surprise, console themselves by introducing into the composition of the falsehood which they have to invent, thinking that it can be safely incorporated, and will lend the whole story an air of verisimilitude."
Marcel Proust
"Swann could at once detect in this story one of those fragments of literal truth which liars, when taken by surprise, console themselves by introducing into the composition of the falsehood which they have to invent, thinking that it can be safely incorporated, and will lend the whole story an air of verisimilitude."
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"When devils will the blackest sins put onThey do suggest at first with heavenly shows."
William Shakespeare
"When devils will the blackest sins put onThey do suggest at first with heavenly shows."
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"A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind."
Jim Butcher
"A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind."
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"Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie."
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