A liar only uses the truth when they want their lies to sound truthful.
Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?
Don’t drown yourself in the pool of lies; fly high on the clouds of truth.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.
An honorable human relationship – that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love" – is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can tell each other. It i...
But witnesses incur responsibilities, as anyone who has ever seen a traffic accident and had to go to court to testify, knows. In the new world of globally televised war crimes, the defence of 'not knowing,' or neutrality, will dissolve for everyone....
Gods, I love this place," Locke said, drumming his fingers against his thighs. "Sometimes I think this whole city was put here simply because the gods must adore crime. Pickpockets rob the common folk, merchants rob anyone they can dupe, Capa Barsavi...
His grin split even wider. “I’d love the chance to prove you wrong.” And when he did, she’d know what he was thinking. She’d know how much he despised the woman who claimed to be a Vetter and allowed the Commander’s beloved daughter to li...
Stingo: Sophie, I want to understand. I'd like to know the truth. Sophie: The truth does not make it easier to understand, you know. I mean, you think that you find out the truth about me, and then you'll understand me. And then you would forgive me ...
Whoever has the sword will have the earth.
At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded.
Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
I leave behind this hurricane of f***ing lies
We've peered into the deepest parts to see beyond what lies on the surface.
Maybe illusion and artifice—lies, even—are a necessary part of romance.
Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.
