Quotes by Lying I thought... their elegance... lies not so much in their clothes as in their bodies, and their bodies have received it, and continue to unceasingly receive it, from their souls, which are just like yours, lovely Simonetta. Alexander Theroux clothessoullying Petroleum is the product of a distillation from great depth and issues from the primitive rocks beneath which the forces of all volcanic action lie. Alexander von Humboldt issuesrockslying I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them. Alexander Whyte soulprayerlying i swore i could feel my lies slithering inside me like snakes, wrapping themselves around me and constricting. i felt they were squeezing the air from my lungs, tightening around my heart. Alexandra Adornetto airheartlying She had the face of an angel I saw mirrors in her eyes We were the same, she and I Both bound by potent lies. In him I saw my future In him I saw my friend In him I saw my destiny Both my beginning and my end. Alexandra Adornetto angeleyelying The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas musketeersmeritlying Life makes no sense if you have to tolerate endless lies. I will never accept this system, which is built on lies, i will not stop my fight against this junta. Alexei Navalny fightinglifelying Now I have realized what the lie is. If I became a tsar, no one would ever dare to tell me a lie. I would have gotten the country under control. Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia darecountrylying Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with. Alexei Panshin maturityselflying It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth. Alexis de Tocqueville simplelyingworld I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its nakedness, but the others are able to cover it with a veil so delicate, so daintily woven with small plausible lies, that there is some pleasure to be found in contemplating this ingenious work of the human intelligence. Alexis de Tocqueville cleverlyingpeople The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. Alexis de Tocqueville greatnesslyingamerica A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous. Alfred Adler danger-in-lifetruthlying The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth. Alfred Adler truthlyingreality It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. Alfred Adler patrioticcountrylying What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us? Alfred de Vigny uselyingmoving It's important to understand it's OK to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would end up throwing most in the waste basket. You have to work hard at making an editorial picture. You need to re-stage things, rearrange things so that they work for the story, with truth and without lying. Alfred Eisenstaedt hard-workphotographylying Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words. Alfred Korzybski usesciencelying A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. Alfred Lord Tennyson truth-ishalflying Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes. Alfred Lord Tennyson tiredmusiclying«1617181920212223242526»
