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Lie Quotes
"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."
84
"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity."
79
"As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy."
61
"The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted."
49
"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."
49
"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been."
38
"To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself."
38
"Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion."
38
"Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue."
31
"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence."
29
"To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor."
26
"The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep."
23
"If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told."
23
"On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died."
21
"The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down."
20
"It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country."
20
"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings."
20
"By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man."
19
"I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally."
18
"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie."
17
"I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid."
17
"Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying."
16
"When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why."
15
"If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts."
15
"It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine."
13
"It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous."
13
"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."
13
"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."
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