Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 2
Franklin D. RooseveltThe excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. Votes: 2
Charles Dudley WarnerThe meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. Votes: 2
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyThe true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. Votes: 2
William MorrisWhat lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Votes: 2
Ralph Waldo EmersonBest man describes himself by remarkable actions, not by persuasive words. Votes: 1
Bradley B. DalinaThe most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. Votes: 1
Georg Christoph LichtenbergWhat simple andordinary lives we live,underneath the shadowsof projection screenartists Votes: 1
Phil VolatileI've learned that sometimes a smile represents the greatest form of deceit. Votes: 1
Michael GilbertThe grandeur of the thieving falsity is larceny, the fall of cities. Votes: 1
Justin K. McFarlane BeauWe're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding. Votes: 1
Rudyard KiplingPretension, dear love, does not buy truth into lies, nor alter its course. Votes: 1
Sreesha DivakaranBE PRACTICAL BY WORDS NOT BY HEART BECAUSE HUMANITY LIES IN IMPRACTICAL HEARTS Votes: 1
merlin8thomasYou can deceive yourself with truth too. That's an even more dangerous dream. Votes: 1
Erich Maria RemarqueThere are at least a million truths that are hidden by just 100 lies. Votes: 1
Aishwarya Shiva PareekWhen to people tell the same lie...""They are working together," Will finished Votes: 1
Cassandra ClareIn Jupiter, there are Earth-Size storms; and in Earth, there are Jupiter-Size lies! Votes: 1
Mehmet Murat ildanUnveiling the lies that we live by can ultimately help reveal the truth. Votes: 1
Miranda J. BarrettBlaming people for your mistakes is a faster route tothe dungeon of uncreativity Votes: 1
Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekielwhy does what was beautiful shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Votes: 1
Bernhard SchlinkIn the abundance of men's incredible promises, there's an equal abundance of deceit Votes: 1
Constance Chuks FridayREJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD. Votes: 1
Bryant McGillIt is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth. Votes: 1
Dennis E. AdonisI should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination Votes: 1
Jerome K. JeromeWhen the world is pregnant with lies, a secret long hidden will be revealed. Votes: 1
Mark MirabelloFreedom is the most sophisticated form of control. The best lies use the truth. Votes: 1
Bryant McGillLies are living beings; once they get hold of you they never let go Votes: 1
rassool jibraeel snymanLie, illusion, deception, she said--was that it truly, the universal language we all speak? Votes: 1
Cynthia OzickHe lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too. Votes: 1
Megan Whalen TurnerNo sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is! Votes: 1
Sheri S. TepperTruth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative. Votes: 1
Dejan StojanovicEverything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen. Votes: 1
Friedrich NietzscheLife's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies. Votes: 1
Henry MillerNo lie, secret, betrayal, or mistake will remain concealed if you have a past. Votes: 1
Mande ChambersSometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves. Votes: 1
David J. Lieberman. Ph.D.Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. Votes: 1
Criss JamiA lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written. Votes: 1
Tim O'BrienThe ability to lie, paired with unaccountability, has made a near infinite amount of liabilities. Votes: 1
Justin K. McFarlane BeauThe lies we tell ourselves are the ghosts that haunt the empty house of midnight. Votes: 1
Gregory David RobertsWe pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them. Votes: 1
Samuel ButlerOne doesn't intentionally to alter the truth, just enhance it and make it more memorable. Votes: 1
John H. AlexanderYou know why Love Doesn't get Honest To you ?;Because you're choosing Them Enemy ;Lie ; Votes: 1
anne idrisThe only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThe truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies. Votes: 1
Holly Black,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do. Votes: 1
Sara ShepardStop making flamboyant promises. Earn the people's trust first, then do more than they expect Votes: 1
Constance Chuks FridayWhen there is nothing to say about a book; we end up saying "Beautiful Story". Votes: 1
Crestless WaveDon't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is. Votes: 1
Vladimir NabokovTruth is patient. It can afford to be for eventually it will have its way. Votes: 1
Richard Paul EvansA wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody. Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonRegardless of how far a person runs, a lie will eventually catch up to them. Votes: 1
Donald L. HicksSo when they win, it's their hard workAnd when they lose, it's their bad luck Votes: 1
Sanhita BaruahThe truth will set you free, its the little white lies that'll save your ass. Votes: 1
James PattersonLies are like cockroaches, for every one you discover there are many more that are hidden. Votes: 1
Gary Hopkins...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. Votes: 1
Gabrielle ZevinRonan said, "I'm always straight."Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told. Votes: 1
Maggie StiefvaterYou know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there. Votes: 1
David LevithanPeople lie to cover their mistakes, and then make even worse ones to cover their lies. Votes: 1
Anne PerryRule Number One in the India Savage Life Code: When in doubt or possible trouble, lie. Votes: 1
Kristen AshleyIf you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Votes: 1
Virginia WoolfIn the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie. Votes: 1
Megan ChanceThe Jews are the scum of the earth, but they are also great masters in lying. Votes: 1
Arthur SchopenhauerPeople never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt. Votes: 1
Otto von BismarckOnce you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you. Votes: 1
Rob LianoAfter all, the lies did serve to keep something from somebody, and the somebody was us. Votes: 1
Jerome DoolittleIt was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies. Votes: 1
Jeffrey EugenidesYou are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful. Votes: 1
Steve MaraboliStretched and skewedTap of the 8-ball and the cueScratches fall throughThey are the scars of you Votes: 1
Criss JamiYou may use a thousand words for a single lie, but the truth has no twin. Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonWhen a falsehood is coveted long enough, it becomes the truth that sustains its own existence. Votes: 1
E.B. HudspethMaybe it's true what the Seelie Queen had said, after all: Love made you a liar. Votes: 1
Cassandra ClareOf all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. Votes: 1
George R. R. MartinThe hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live Votes: 1
Bangambiki HabyarimanaIf you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed. Votes: 1
Adolf HitlerBecause even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end. Votes: 1
Lauren DeStefanoThe truth exposes some people so deeply, their last defense is to front a carefree insanity. Votes: 1
Criss JamiAll people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it. Votes: 1
Woody AllenA man must be honest enough to make mistakes, if not he's just lying to you Votes: 1
Constance Chuks FridayI am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watching you vomit them out upon my face. Votes: 1
Anne SextonEverything burned, everyone lied, and no one paid for it but the ones in the muck. Votes: 1
Chris GalfordThe lies we tell about ourselves may be more revealing than the truths we incautiously reveal. Votes: 1
James Edwin GunnBrandon was like a God in Healy, and I guess I was like God's best friend. Votes: 1
Jennifer MathieuIf lies comfort, and truth disturbs - self is being agitated as a result of prideful living. Votes: 1
T.F. HodgeThe difference between a truth and a lie is determined when one chose to accept the other. Votes: 1
AnonymousIt's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. Votes: 1
Gregory HouseI was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.And buried. Votes: 1
Simona PanovaA storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself. Votes: 1
Daniel WallaceIf it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself. Votes: 1
W. Somerset MaughamI would rather live a life alone, than live a life based on lies, deceit and manipulation Votes: 1
Linda SimpsonIt is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThis, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses. Votes: 1
Holly BlackI would rather live a life alone, than live a life built on lies, deceit and manipulation". Votes: 1
Linda SimpsonI think the biggest lie the devil ever told was that beauty and goodness are the same. Votes: 1
Daniel NayeriWhat would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open. Votes: 1
Muriel RukeyserI can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it's marred your character. Votes: 1
Richelle E. GoodrichDad got furious when we lied to him. No, Dad got furious then we lied to him. Votes: 1
Brian SpellmanThe eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThere was no better way to sell a lie, she knew, than to sprinkle it with truth. Votes: 1
Kaede LazaresThe lies they've convinced their eyes that they're seeing, will not mar the truth in my lens. Votes: 1
Justin K. McFarlane BeauWe never see ourselves the way we truly are, do we, Will? The mirror lies to us. Votes: 1
Rick YanceyDon't thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you. Votes: 1
Marissa MeyerFor every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth Votes: 1
Bo BennettTelling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts. Votes: 1
Holly BlackIt was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed. Votes: 1
Rachel AbbottYou want me to lie to you?" said McKay. I shrugged. Why not? I didn't mind lies. Votes: 1
Alice HoffmanIt is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect. Votes: 1
Criss JamiWriting fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth. Votes: 1
Khaled HosseiniThere can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies. Votes: 1
Walter LippmannPeople with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily,...,and he had very red hair. Votes: 1
J. D. SalingerLive, but do not love, because love is simply a lie, only heartache waits in its wake. Votes: 1
Brad BierdzThe first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further. Votes: 1
Jennifer CrusieAre our lives just the aggregate of the lies we've told? ('Lives' - the 'v' is silent.) Votes: 1
William BoydA lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths. Votes: 1
Faraaz KaziOne must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. Votes: 1
Harper LeeTrustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThere's 3 sides to every story. Time will tell who the real asshole is despite what you were told. Votes: 1
April Mae MonterrosaThere are two reasons why we don't trust people, First, we don't know them. Second, we know them. Votes: 1
AnonymousNo matter how Beautiful something may seem to be. You do not know the Ugly that lurks inside. Votes: 1
Darnell HoustonBe careful of the lie you believe about yourself, sooner or later, you will be convinced of it. Votes: 1
Saji IjiyemiI'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. Votes: 1
Friedrich NietzscheIf you say that you have never lied at all,then you give too much trust on anybody. Votes: 1
Toba BetaThe truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester Votes: 1
Anne PerryIf you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriThere were lies, and there were lies. Was a secret a lie? If one wanted to protect another? Votes: 1
Kristen CallihanThe moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you. Votes: 1
Molly RingwaldThe biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderWhat is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie. Votes: 1
Robert JordanAs old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors Votes: 1
Bangambiki HabyarimanaA house made of ice in the middle of desert! And that house is the house of lies! Votes: 1
Mehmet Murat ildanNaturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. Votes: 1
Criss JamiYou can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you Votes: 1
Daniel BlackI believe in my mask-- The man I made up is meI believe in my dance-- And my destiny Votes: 1
Sam ShepardYeah, well all I can say is that a half truth is a still a while lie, ain't it... Votes: 1
Terry McMillanWhen your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you! Votes: 1
Susan ForwardIn the end, people believed what they wanted to believe. The truth had very little to do with it. Votes: 1
Terry GoodkindThe most painful tears are the ones shed for a person you thought would never hurt or lie to Votes: 1
Michael HayssusWe're going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us. Votes: 1
Beth MooreI am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught. Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonLies are like poison. If you get a little bit in your system, it spreads until it destroys you Votes: 1
Nikki RaeAnd whose fault was it that the boy swallowed down lies, when no one would feed him the truth? Votes: 1
Lois McMaster BujoldIn a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility. Votes: 1
Robert McKeeIt seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started. Votes: 1
Kim EdwardsIf a palmist grasp my palm, and look into it, without seeing a single line, what would he read? Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonIs cruelty still cruel if it is necessary? Is cruelty still cruel if it is part of a lie? Votes: 1
Johnny RichTruth stands out little in a field of truths. However, it is a ravaging lion, in a field of lies. Votes: 1
T.A. ClineThe enemy is fierce and he would like for you to think that he has on. Don't believe his lie. Votes: 1
Brother AndrewA truth is what it is. A lie, a thought out deception more brutal than a truth could ever be. Votes: 1
Charlotte ArmstrongI want you to lie to me just as sweetly as you know how for the rest of my life. Votes: 1
F. Scott FitzgeraldA man who never lies must have green blood in his veins, or blue or yellow, but definitely not red! Votes: 1
Mehmet Murat ildana thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer then the truth Votes: 1
Leah WilsonA thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. Votes: 1
Tim O'BrienThere is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets. Votes: 1
Diane DuaneThe beauty and gift of truth, is that it is not dependent upon your belief in order to remain true Votes: 1
A. DragonbloodIn the end, Leck should have stuck to his lies. For it was the truth he almost told that killed him. Votes: 1
Kristin CashoreHow convinced are you that man was created in the image of God when you can't see the image of God? Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonA man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not. Votes: 1
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