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A half truth is a whole lie. Yiddish Proverb Lies 229
A liar is always lavish of oaths. Pierre Corneille Lies 186
Everything the State says is a lie and everything it has it has stolen. Friedrich Nietzsche Lies 178
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. Aesop Lies 170
The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Lies 125
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves. Eric Hoffer Lies 116
Truth is a naked and open daylight that does not show the masques and mummeries and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candlelights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure Francis Bacon Lies 110
It is more from carelessness about the truth than from intentional lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. Samuel Johnson Lies 103
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Lies 99
The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake. Oscar Wilde Lies 97
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. Mark Twain Lies 97
Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth Aesop Lies 89
I detest the man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another. Homer Lies 89
It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell once she got started. Kim Edwards Lies 89
Lying is a hateful and accursed vice. We have no other tie upon one another, but our word. If we did but discover the horror and consequences of it, we should pursue it with fire and sword, and more justly than other crimes. Michel de Montaigne Lies 87
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler Lies 86
We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them. Samuel Butler Lies 85
Where there is a worker, there lies a nation. Evita Peron Lies 85
Tomorrow Ill suggest the liar lies against himself So our condition makes escape impossible we breathe and its moving air that causes stars to twinkle Rodney Hall Lies 82
It is much harder to lie to someones face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someones face. David Levithan Lies 81
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. Anatole France Lies 80
One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. Henry Miller Lies 79
Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons. Michael Jackson Lies 76
Because if we were all created idealists then life was bound to be one relentless disappointment. But then there was also music. We unlearned the lies with one hand and repeated them with the other. Nikolai Grozni Lies 76
The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyones comfort - Arturo Binewski. Katherine Dunn Lies 76
A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in time of trouble. Adlai Stevenson Lies 76
Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death depending on how theyre used. Max Brooks Lies 75
Sanity is a cozy lie. Susan Sontag Lies 74
What is to absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie. Robert Jordan Lies 74
The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. William Shakespeare Lies 73
The more you defend a lie the angrier you become. Mitch Albom Lies 71
You know theres no such thing as a complete lie. Theres always some truth in there. David Levithan Lies 71
Museums are just a lot of lies. We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things. Pablo Picasso Lies 71
No sentimentality no romance no false hope no selfpetting lies merely that which is Sheri S. Tepper Lies 69
Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth it cannot in fact be used to tell at all. Umberto Eco Lies 65
Ask no questions I tell no lies. Holly Cupala Lies 64
Sam there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk away. Michael Grant Lies Lies 64
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. Gabrielle Zevin Lies 64
Not that it was a crazy complicated skill but operating an espresso machine during high traffic could be added to my repertoire along with card tricks and how to fire a Colt .45. Quote taken from ARC subject to change Karina Halle Lies 63
There are different ways to be confused about how someones disappointed you. Some lie about the future because they wanted to forget the past. But some will lie about the past because they think it will give you both a future. Laura Dave Lies 61
In the end theres only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest they dont lie. Megan Chance Lies 61
I know that sometimes a lie is used in kindness. I dont believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of the truth can pass away but the slow eating agonyof a lie is neverlost. Thats a running sore John Steinbeck Lies 61
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. William Hazlitt Lies 60
To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows is true. Lionel Suggs Lies 59
A bitter reality of truth can be wisely told in a sweet tale of lullaby. Toba Beta Lies 59
Im telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true Lady Gaga Lies 59
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. Daniel Webster Lies 58
There were lies we told to save ourselves and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more the mistruth or the greater good Jodi Picoult Lies 58
A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths. Faraaz Kazi Lies 58
One man lies in his work, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one. Henry David Thoreau Lies 56

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