Quotes with lies

Quotes 101 till 120 of 321.

  • Aldous Huxley In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Thomas Carlyle In books lies the soul of the whole past time.
    On Heroes 5
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • William Shakespeare In delay there lies no plenty.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Robert Collier In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Alexander Hamilton In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Ben Hecht In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • Ben Hecht In pre-movie days, the business of peddling lies about life was spotty and unorganized. It was carried on by the cheaper magazines, dime novels, the hinterland preachers and whooping politicians.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • B. H. Liddell Hart In reality, it is more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
    B. H. Liddell Hart
    British soldier and military historian (1895 - 1970)
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  • B. H. Liddell Hart In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
    B. H. Liddell Hart
    British soldier and military historian (1895 - 1970)
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  • Carol Gilligan In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.
    Carol Gilligan
    American feminist, ethicist and psychologist (1936 - )
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  • Albert Einstein In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Winston Churchill In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Diane Ackerman It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
    Diane Ackerman
    American poet, essayist, savage and naturalist (1948 - )
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  • Gerard De Nerval It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything, and save everything! What terror! There lies the eternal distinction between good and evil.
    Gerard De Nerval
    French writer, poet (1808 - 1855)
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  • Benjamin Graham It is a fact worth pondering that four centuries ago the evil of an abundance or surplus arose from its being kept off the market, while today the evil of surplus lies in its being thrown upon the market.
    Storage and Stability Part I, Ch. II, Government and Surplus Stocks, p.
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Isaac D'Israeli It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
    Isaac D'Israeli
    British scholar and writer (1766 - 1848)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Aristotle It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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