All Quotes By Tag: Lies
“What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.”
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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!”
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“In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.”
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“Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don’t accept it now, despite all the times I’ve seen it proved right.”The common good and the individual good rarely coincide…”Sure, I know, it’s true.But some truths are probably worse than lies.”
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“The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.”
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“The truth, he thought, has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.”
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“The best lies are based on thetruth, at least in part”
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“the worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.”
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“But what do you say if you’re asked a direct question and you can’t tell the truth and you can’t tell a lie?’ ‘You say “how very interesting” and change the subject.”
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“I’m planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That’s hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded. ”
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“Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.”
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“You cannot believe everything you hear”
“Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.”
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“lies, truth, loveI have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of it’s charms.”
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