Lies Quotes
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Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity.
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American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.
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The havoc wrought by war, which one compares with the havoc wrought by nature, is not an unavoidable fate before which man stands helpless. The natural forces that are the cause of war are human passions, which it lies in our power to change. What are culture and civilization if not the taming of blind forces within us as well as in nature?
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Then lies him down the lubber fiend,And stretched out all the chimney's length,Basks at the fire his hairy strength.
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The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us.
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
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The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.
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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.
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I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
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The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.
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History, sir, will tell lies as usual.
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Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves a lot of lies.
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Lies! All lies! You're all lying against my boys!
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The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.
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Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
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The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.
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I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.
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I have long been an advocate of school choice, but I also believe the problem lies with school administrators and union leaders who refuse to believe there is such a thing as a bad school.
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Almost everything is double like that for adolescents; their lies are true and their truths are lies, and their hearts are broken by the world. They gyre and fall; they see through everything, and are blind.
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It occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and methods. I believe in the beauties of philosophy and poetry. I believe that the work we do and leave behind us is our afterlife; and I believe that history lies, but sometimes so well that I can't bring myself to resent it. I believe that truth is beauty, but not, I'm afraid, the reverse. It doesn't seem sufficient to sustain one in life's rigorous moments. Perhaps I shall embrace Islam. Its standards for poetry seem very high.
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'Prince of parable, I desire to see those gardens of lasting delight which Allah-the Creator! the Ever Beneficent!-reserves for the faithful. How am I to do so if I tell lies?' 'By lying to Allah, I suppose.'
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The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.
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The mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration.
