Lies Quotes - page 9

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. (Malcolm Muggeridge)
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. View quote
Sophocles
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. View quote
Elbert Hubbard
My only hope lies in my despair. View quote
Jean Racine
When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts. View quote
Michael Ende
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. View quote
Harry Johnston
Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. View quote
Walter Scott
Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft. View quote
Winston Churchill
The difference between a novelist and a historian is this: that the former tells lies deliberately and for the fun of it; the historian tells lies in his simplicity and imagines he is telling the truth. View quote
Halldór Laxness
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so. View quote
Franz Kafka
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people. (Milan Kundera)
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. View quote
Milan Kundera
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds. View quote
John Maynard Keynes
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. View quote
Marc Chagall
State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people'. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. View quote
Albert Einstein
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. View quote
Albert Einstein
At the core of all well-founded belief, lies belief that is unfounded. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition. View quote
Josh Billings
The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth. View quote
Colum McCann
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. (Pope John Paul II)
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other. View quote
Mario Puzo
I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk. View quote
Mark Haddon
I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie. View quote
Mark Haddon
Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity. View quote
Mark Hyman, M.D.