Quotes about lying
lying
Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.] Horace
lying errors mind
NO error is infused into the young mind, to lie there dormant, or to be reproduced only when the subject of thought or action recurs to which the error belongs; but the error becomes a model or archetype, after whose likeness the active powers of the mind create a thousand other errors. Horace Mann
lying motherhood fatherhood
I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood. Homer
lying winning dust
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.
lying garden blue
Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From the Storms defended and inclement Skies; Four Acres was the allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a green Enclosure all around. Tall thriving Trees confessed the fruitful Mold: The reddening Apple ripens here to Gold, Here the blue Fig with luscious Juice overflows, With deeper Red the full Pomegranate glows, The Branch here bends beneath the weighty Pear, And verdant Olives flourish round the Year.
lying deceit never-lie
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
lying mouths fiction
I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
lying men civilization
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.
lying long looks
This is what forty looks like. We've been lying so long, who would know? Gloria Steinem
lying two people
If you have two groups of people and you say one is inferior to the other, which is a lie, then the only way to maintain the lie is through violence or the threat of violence.
lying differences evil
Everything that makes diversity of kinds, of species, differences, properties... everything that consists in generation, decay, alteration and change is not an entity, but a condition and circumstance of entity and being, which is one, infinite, immobile, subject, matter, life , death , truth , lies , good and evil . Giordano Bruno
lying media down-and
The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down Geraldo Rivera
lying thinking answers
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth. Harry S Truman
lying done
Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest.
lying two desire
Can desire grow out of admiration, or are the two quite distinct species? What would it be like to lie side by side, naked, breast to breast, with a woman one principally admires? J. M. Coetzee
lying angel made-up-stories
No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice).
lying
Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths
lying thinking waiting
That wand’s more trouble than it’s worth,” said Harry. “And quite honestly,” he turned away from the painted portraits, thinking now only of the four-poster bed lying waiting for him in Gryffindor Tower, and wondering whether Kreacher might bring him a sandwich there, “I’ve had enough trouble for a lifetime. J. K. Rowling
lying feet missing
Oh, don’t lie, Harry,” she said impatiently. “Ron and Ginny say you’ve been hiding from everyone since you got back from St. Mungo’s.” “They do, do they?” said Harry, glaring at Ron and Ginny. Ron looked down at his feet but Ginny seemed quite unabashed. “Well, you have!” she said. “And you won’t look at any of us!” “It’s you lot who won’t look at me!” said Harry angrily. “Maybe you’re taking it in turns to look and keep missing each other,” suggested Hermione, the corners of her mouth twitching.
lying evil littles
You foul, lying, evil little cockroach!
lying dark easy
Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right. -Albus Dumbledore
lying kissing thinking
First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and the end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?
lying knowing acquisition
Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
lying differences deceit
Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice.
lying dobby deathly-hallows
Here lies Dobby, a free elf.
lying mind battle
The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's mind was in freefall, spinning out of control, unable to grasp the impossiblity, because Fred Weasley could not be dead, the evidence of all his senses must be lying -
lying office secret
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.
lying slow-down
Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.
lying deceit potters
It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.
lying book giving
I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
lying responsibility wheels
The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
lying dark views
As Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies lying next to Fred: Remus and Tonks, pale and still and peaceful-looking, apparently asleep beneath the dark, enchanted ceiling.
lying truth-is easier
The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.