Quotes with lies

Quotes 301 till 320 of 321.

  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Willa Cather Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Octavio Paz Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
    Octavio Paz
    Mexican Poet, Essayist (1914 - 1998)
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  • Mme de Stael Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Anatole France Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • George Steiner Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.
    George Steiner
    French-born American Critic, Novelist (1929 - 2020)
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  • Boris Pasternak Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life.
    As quoted in The New York Times (1 January 1978)
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Billy Sunday You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
    Billy Sunday speaks (1970)
    Billy Sunday
    American athlete and evangelist (1862 - 1935)
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  • Bob Geldof You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Thomas Fuller An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Pablo Picasso Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Elias Canetti Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Simone Weil The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Pablo Picasso We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Pablo Picasso You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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