98 Quotes About Lies-and-lying

  • Author Saint Basil
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    The bread that you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

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  • Author Barbara Christian
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    How can these people be so inhumane? Terri is forgotten and lies cold in her grave, and they feel sympathy Morales. What about my daughter, who was there to defend her?

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  • Author John Chafee
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    The world must understand that the responsibility for these military strikes lies not with the United States or its allies, but at the doorstep of Slobodan Milosevic.... Our diplomats, together with those of our British, French and German allies, have gone the extra mile to give Serbia the opportunity for peace. President Milosevic has chosen military confrontation instead.

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  • Author Quentin Crisp
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    Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically -- for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist -- but then what isn t?

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