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Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
In the United States, journalists receive awards for lying for the government and for the corporations.
But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters.
Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do.
My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.
And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my picture for the crimes of another guy.
For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away.
For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.
Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth.
The charnel ground is that great graveyard in which the complexities of samsara and nirvana lie buried.
Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?
You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do.
The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.
I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.
This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.
I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibilty of lying about it
Live your own truth and it won't matter how many lies they tell about you. The truth will prove itself.
To claim, at a dead party, to have spotted a grackle, When in fact you haven't of late, can do no harm.
When one is under pressure, one may lie in order to protect the religion, this is taught in the Qur'an.
I said, the poets are there I hear them singing and lying around their round table and around me still.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
Even trees understand me! Good heavens, I lie under them, too, don't I? I'm just like a pile of leaves.
Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.
Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others.
They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?
The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light.
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
I don't think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies.
Primary responsibility for Brexit lies with British conservatives, who took an entire continent hostage.
I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.
A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.
If you could ask that question more precisely, you probably wouldn't be interested in the answer anymore
Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's 'big lie'; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.
Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!
I'm not gonna lie, I love the holidays. But Christmas was a lot more fun when you weren't paying for it.
I am still raw. I say I may be back. You know what lies are for. Even in your Zen heaven we shan't meet.
Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.
Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.