![What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...] a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.](/assets/img/quote-photos/what-harm-would-it-do-if-a-man-told-a-good-strong-lie-for-the-sake-of-the-good-a.jpg)
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The old rivalry, which may not have been so strong two, three years ago, is back, and it's marvelous.
strong today
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strong
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stronger
It would be much stronger if it was a law. Terry Tamminen
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strong time
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lying house empty
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lying ends
In the End, a Lie Is a Lie. Bashar al-Assad
lying conflict credibility
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lying men self
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lying sacrifice reality
Did it ever occur to you, that there is no conflict of interests among men, neither in business nor in trade nor in their most personal desires if they omit the irrational from their view of the possible and destruction from their view of the practical There is no conflict, and no call for sacrifice, and no man is a threat to the aims of another if men understand that reality is an absolute not to be faked, that lies do not work, that the unearned cannot be had, that the undeserved cannot be given, that the destruction of a value which is, will not bring value to that which isn't.
lying knowledge scientific-method
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