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"She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent."
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"Old liarshold lies."
Toba Beta
"Old liarshold lies."
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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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"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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"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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"Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers."
Ovid
"Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers."
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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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"A miracle focus culture is propagating wickedness."
Sunday Adelaja
"A miracle focus culture is propagating wickedness."
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"Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth."
DaShanne Stokes
"Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth."
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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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"Lying is done with words and also with silence."
Adrienne Rich
"Lying is done with words and also with silence."
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"All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices."
Adelbert von Chamisso
"All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices."
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"I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..." & I pretended to extract a speck from my eye."
David Mitchell
"I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..." & I pretended to extract a speck from my eye."
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"You can trust bad liars."
Toba Beta
"You can trust bad liars."
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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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"Lies make for pathetic allies."
T. F. Hodge
"Lies make for pathetic allies."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"When you live in darkness, you live under the ruler-ship of the devil."
Sunday Adelaja
"When you live in darkness, you live under the ruler-ship of the devil."
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"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."
Spiro T. Agnew
"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."
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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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"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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"The main weapon of the devil is disillusionment."
Sunday Adelaja
"The main weapon of the devil is disillusionment."
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"The darkness always lies."
Anthony Liccione
"The darkness always lies."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Lying is the most simple form of self-defence."
Susan Sontag
"Lying is the most simple form of self-defence."
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"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."
Jasper Fforde
"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."
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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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"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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"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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"Lying is an elementary means of self-defense."
Susan Sontag
"Lying is an elementary means of self-defense."
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"The problems with lies is they start to pile up, one on top of another, until it's hard to find your way out from under the heap."
Ellen Hopkins
"The problems with lies is they start to pile up, one on top of another, until it's hard to find your way out from under the heap."
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"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception."
Sophocles
"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception."
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"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."
Ovid
"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
Israelmore Ayivor
"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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"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 you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do."
DaShanne Stokes
"When you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do."
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"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."
Edward V. Lucas
"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."
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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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