Quotes: lying
Quotes 1 till 15 of 61.
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Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
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He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.
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He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. In this sense, truth, even if it does not prevail in public, possesses an ineradicable primacy over all falsehoods.
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
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Advertising is legalized lying.
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All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Source: On Heroes 5
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Being nice to governments doesn't work, they are such lying bastards.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
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Everything ideological possesses meaning: it represents, depicts, or stands for something lying outside itself. In other words, it is a sign. Without signs there is no ideology.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
