100 Quotes About Lie

Lies can be a tricky thing. They’re a form of deception that we all engage in from time to time. People lie to protect themselves or to protect someone else. But when it comes to lying, the consequences are often dire in areas like relationships, careers, and even health Read more

The best way to learn about lying is by learning about good and bad behaviors. Check out the below collection of powerful, funny, and inspiring lies quotes for some helpful insight on how to navigate through the world better.

To find out if she really loved me, I hooked...
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To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
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I never lie,
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I never lie, " I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love. Anne Rice
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...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one. Ally Carter
If you say that you never lie in life, you...
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If you say that you never lie in life, you honestly insult my intelligence. Toba Beta
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Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. Charles Dickens
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room...
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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it. H.l. Mencken
A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but...
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A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape. Dejan Stojanovic
You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth...
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You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie may taste. Michael Bassey Johnson
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated,...
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Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. Criss Jami
I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that...
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I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true Lady Gaga
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A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find rumors enjoyable. That part causes the infection. And in such cases when a rumor is only partially made of truth, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where the information may have gone wrong. It is passed on and on until some brave soul questions its validity; that brave soul refuses to bite the apple and let the apple eat him. Forced to start from scratch for the sake of purity and truth, that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully amputates the information in order to protect his personal judgment. In other words, his ignorance is to be valued more than the lie believed to be true. . Criss Jami
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Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire, " Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They can't lie, but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you–with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place." He sighed. "They're not really about helping people. More about harm disguised as help. . Cassandra Clare
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Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise. Jeanette Winterson
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Everything he had ever done that had been better left undone. Every lie he had told – told to himself, or told to others. Every little hurt, and all the great hurts. Each one was pulled out of him, detail by detail, inch by inch. The demon stripped away the cover of forgetfulness, stripped everything down to truth, and it hurt more than anything. Neil Gaiman
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes,...
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true. Demosthenes
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Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. An honest woman can sell tangerines all day and remain a good person until she dies, but there will always be naysayers who will try to convince you otherwise. Perhaps this woman did not give them something for free, or at a discount. Perhaps too, that she refused to stand with them when they were wrong – or just stood up for something she felt was right. And also, it could be that some bitter women are envious of her, or that she rejected the advances of some very proud men. Always trust your heart. If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to her. . Suzy Kassem
There is no other way to determine the difference between...
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There is no other way to determine the difference between the will of God and the crafts of satan... Jesus is the way, the truth and the life... The Holy Spirit of God is the Comforter... Israelmore Ayivor
Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like...
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Truth does not sit in a cave and hide like a lie. It wanders around proudly and roars loudly like a lion. Suzy Kassem
Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.
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Half-truths are worth more than outright lies. George R.r. Martin
If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it...
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If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it was the truth; for no man could stare death in the face and lie. Richard Wright
Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.
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Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth. Marisha Pessl
It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth....
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It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth. But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact. Toba Beta
Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie...
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Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake. Suzy Kassem
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A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead. Jodi Picoult
It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.
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It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth. Chuck Palahniuk
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Use truth to fight the lies. Use the heart to fight the mind. Suzy Kassem
Bullshit takes no genius, even fool senses its' foul.
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Bullshit takes no genius, even fool senses its' foul. Toba Beta
And remember that within every lie, there is a truth...
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And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. T.A. Miles
Ellie:
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Ellie: "You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil." Richard: "Good will triumph over evil." Ellie: "Liar. Joan Bauer
If you once tell a lie, the truth is ever...
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If you once tell a lie, the truth is ever after your enemy. Eliezer Yudkowsky
Those who don't value their words, will never value your...
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Those who don't value their words, will never value your wishes. Amit Kalantri
Telling one lie almost always requires another, and before the...
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Telling one lie almost always requires another, and before the storyteller knows it, they will be caught inside of their own web. Jenna Alatari
Masks camouflage the faces of both good and evil. Keeps...
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Masks camouflage the faces of both good and evil. Keeps hidden what is a truth and what is a lie. Patti Roberts
Cruel', O'Kelly laughed, 'it's cruel to tell children the truth....
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Cruel', O'Kelly laughed, 'it's cruel to tell children the truth. If anything convinces me of God's mercy, then it's his gift of making us unable to lie. Yevgeny Zamyatin
Always be truthful and you will have fewer visits from...
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Always be truthful and you will have fewer visits from regret, guilt or fear. Suzy Kassem
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It was strange how she found out, One moment she didn't know; the next minute she did. One moment her mind was as blank as the desert; the next minute the snake of suspicion had slithered into her thoughts and raised its poisonous head. Thrity Umrigar
And even a liar can be scared into telling the...
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie. William Faulkner
If you lie to yourself, you become your worst enemy,...
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If you lie to yourself, you become your worst enemy, attacking from inside. (from The Amazing You movie) Dragos Bratasanu
A friend once said, and I found to be true,...
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A friend once said, and I found to be true, That everyday people, they lie to God too, So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you. Lauryn Hill
When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty...
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When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy Spirit of God, it is wise discretions you pursue! Israelmore Ayivor
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O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man who spreads kindness, peace and knowledge, over the one who spreads lies, fear and terror – and misuses His name. Suzy Kassem
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Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play the noble, and as you'll discover in time, daughter, it's mostly dolts who do. Anthony Ryan
Truth will keep on telling the truth Lies will lie...
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Truth will keep on telling the truth Lies will lie to be more uncouth No more rainbow after the storm Nowhere to escape leaving the norm Munia Khan
If you can get others to believe that your random...
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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
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Telling the truth is less demanding than telling a lie. Eraldo Banovac
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine
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Most wars start with a lie, good wars, bad wars, they start with a lie, and the peace that comes afterwards, those promises of forgiveness and cooperation and fair play for all… those are lies too, lies wrapped in hope. Robert Ferrigno
The best lie someone can tell you is that you...
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The best lie someone can tell you is that you will have a bumper harvest when you didn’t plant any seed. Israelmore Ayivor
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More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it...
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Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it again. Ljupka Cvetanova
The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us...
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The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Things are always either black or white. The grey in...
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Things are always either black or white. The grey in between is only a confusion. Ljupka Cvetanova
In the beginning there was the Word. Then we broke...
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In the beginning there was the Word. Then we broke it. Ljupka Cvetanova
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Repeat a lie a thousand times and it become a successful political campaign. Ljupka Cvetanova
Why wait to forgive and let go only after you...
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Why wait to forgive and let go only after you have sufficiently wallowed in your despair? Why not forgive and let go now? Kamand Kojouri
The Witch 2015, has shown how religion make us, and...
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The Witch 2015, has shown how religion make us, and where does this shit put us. How just by one religion a lot of people live in the lie! ” ― Deyth Banger Deyth Banger
It is always healthy to be honest.
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It is always healthy to be honest. Amit Kalantri
Truth is the preferred weapon of God, and censorship is...
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Truth is the preferred weapon of God, and censorship is the most abused tool of the Devil. Suzy Kassem
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Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe. Suzy Kassem
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Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies. Suzy Kassem
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Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist. Suzy Kassem
Lie with me Lie to me not!
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Lie with me Lie to me not! Lukhman Pambra
All women are lifelong members of the Secret Service...So, if...
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All women are lifelong members of the Secret Service...So, if you must lie, better make sure you cover your tracks because there is no such thing as a 'dumb blonde'... Virginia Alison
Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it...
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Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true. Cathy Burnham Martin
Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more...
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Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more believable. Cathy Burnham Martin
There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a...
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There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse. Cathy Burnham Martin
Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission…...
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Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission… these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction. Cathy Burnham Martin
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Help anyone who comes to you, as much as lies in your power, not because you are good person, nor because you want to be adored, but because you are a real human — a real human of the civilized society. Abhijit Naskar
Anger is a deception. You engage it thinking you'll feel...
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Anger is a deception. You engage it thinking you'll feel better but ultimately it drills you deeper in the hurt. TemitOpe Ibrahim
We have a saying in the desert: It is better...
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We have a saying in the desert: It is better to see the truth, than to imagine it. Amber Jacobs
It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the...
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It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front. Michael Bassey Johnson
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In 1988, a cave explorer named Véronique Le Guen volunteered for an extreme experiment: to live alone in an underground cavern in southern France without a clock for one hundred and eleven days, monitored by scientists who wished to study the human body's natural rhythms in the absence of time cues. For a while, she settled into a pattern of thirty hours awake and twenty hours asleep. She described herself as being "psychologically completely out of phase, where I no longer know what my values are or what is my purpose in life." When she returned to society, her husband later noted, she seemed to have an emptiness inside her that she was unable to fully express. "While I was alone in my cave I was my own judge, " she said. "You are your own most severe judge. You must never lie or all is lost. The strongest sentiment I brought out of the cave is that in my life I will never tolerate lying." A little more than a year later, Le Guen swallowed an overdose of barbiturates and lay down in her car in Paris, a suicide at age thirty-three. . Michael Finkel
Every word that comes after
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Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me... “is a pious lie Bangambiki Habyarimana
No one knows what god thinks of anything. He only...
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No one knows what god thinks of anything. He only knows and no one can claim to penetrate into his mysteries. Those who do that are liars and must be avoided at all costs Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction Bangambiki Habyarimana
How often have I painted a splendid picture of a...
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How often have I painted a splendid picture of a journey marked by courageous ascents and daring desert crossings when all along all I’ve really been doing is running? Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Apathy is unconditional surrender where we are driven into hiding by unrealistic fear, and firmly held there by the misinformed belief that we are helpless to do anything other than hide. Therefore, apathy survives solely on lies and can be completely abated by truth. Craig D. Lounsbrough
People start to lie more once they start to care...
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People start to lie more once they start to care less. Rain Cooper
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Remember, never give up on love. It is easier to give up in search of a better prize, because the brain always keeps craving for new stimulants, but this way you only keep on searching, never to find peace in love. Let me tell you a story. There was a student who asked his teacher, what is love. The teacher said go into the field and bring me the most beautiful flower. The student returned with no flower at hand andsaid, I found the most beautiful flower in the field but I didn't pick it up for I might find a better one, but when I returned to the place, it was gone. We always look for the best in life. When we finally see it, we take it for granted and after some time start expecting a better one, not knowing that it's the best. Seek for your love, and once you have it never ever give up on it, no matter the situations. Abhijit Naskar
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He was like one of those pictures full of small errors, the kind you could only pick out by searching the image from every angle, and even then, a few always slipped by. On the surface, Eli seemed perfectly normal, but now and then Victor would catch a crack, a sideways glance, a moment when his roommate's face and his words, his look and his meaning, would not line up. Those fleeting slices fascinated Victor. It was like watching two people, one hiding in the other's skin. And their skin was always too dry, on the verge of cracking and showing the color of the thing beneath. Victoria Schwab
The Present day optimists invent a lieand the pessimists hide...
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The Present day optimists invent a lieand the pessimists hide the truth Irrfan Ishaq
When two brothers are busy fighting, an evil man can...
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When two brothers are busy fighting, an evil man can easily attack and rob their poor mother. Mankind should always stay united, standing shoulder to shoulder so evil can never cheat and divide them. Suzy Kassem
Dreams can lie, your Grace.
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Dreams can lie, your Grace. George R.r. Martin
If any era should be aware of the temptations to...
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If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own. Marjorie Garber
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People who make big promises can also make big lies. Trust first, but exercise smart trust. You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego and jealousy for bosses who can’t perform. If your job or task is codependent, you can be sabotaged. Always seek interdependence and people who are authentic at the core, not blue in the face. Richie Norton
When you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to...
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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
Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.
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Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap. DaShanne Stokes
While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie...
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While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie becomes a president! Ljupka Cvetanova
If you do not want to be lied to, then...
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If you do not want to be lied to, then you need to stop following politics. Steven Magee
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I don't feel good anymore with this skin... probably a new title... a new chapter.. something new will be more okay than that... to much honesty... I am not on this... After all if you don't know this fact, I am going to point it to you... Marriage is successful if it's build on a lie... Deyth Banger
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Anger is what makes our struggle visible, and our struggle is what exposes the hypocrisy of a nation that fashions itself a moral leader. To rise against the narrative and expose the lie gives opportunity to those whose identity depends on the lie to question and, hopefully, change. Mychal Denzel Smith
Better to be a catalyst for change than a martyr...
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Better to be a catalyst for change than a martyr for lies. Karina Halle
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You can never heal completely. The scars will always stay behind, just to remind how cruel the time was once to you. But someday, you will learn to see beauty in the world that gave you these scars. And your eyes will shine with no lies in it. That day, you become beautiful. With baring all the scars, Which you always tried to hide from everyone. Akshay Vasu
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Time is a lie. Each second, when I am not with you, seems like an eternity and every moment when your breath touches my skin, which makes each bit of my soul crave for you feels the same too. Each hour when I am with you seems like a second and when I am inside your arms, even eternity feels the same too. Akshay Vasu
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Leaders find something to die for, not something to live on. If you haven't found something to die for yet, you can't lead. Israelmore Ayivor
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Nobody has ever taken a photograph of something they want to forget. We can build a wall of happy Kodak moments around ourselves, a wall of our Christmases, birthdays, baby showers and weddings, but we can never forget that celluloid film is see-through, that behind it, all the misery of real life waits for our wall to collapse someday. Rebecca McNutt
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If all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth. George Orwell
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If she opened the closet with her skeletons, they might drag her in with them. Kayla Krantz
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The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, were being ashamed of what they were, lying about it, trying to be somebody else. Honesty was Fats' currency, his weapon and defense. It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them. Other people, Fats had discovered, were mired in embarrasment and pretense, terrified that their truths might leak out, but Fats was attracted by rawness, by everything that was ugly but honest, by the dirty things about which the likes of his father felt humiliated and disgusted. Fats thought a lot about messiahs and pariahs; about men labeled mad or criminal; noble misfits shunned by the sleepy masses. J.k. Rowling