Deceit Quotes - Page 8

• My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies.

  Nadia McCaffrey

  War, Lying, Son

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• Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power.

  Ron Paul

  Lying, Justice, Abuse

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• I just refuse to listen to any more lies. You hear them from FEMA, you hear them from Red Cross and I just didn't want to hear it from him.

  Avery Johnson

  Lying, Want, Red

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• The last thing I want to be is sanctimonious, but the thing that frustrates me is the deceit and betrayal, how there's one rule for males and another for females.

  James Walsh

  Betrayal, Lying, Males

  "Ups, downs and working with a legend" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2004.

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• Iraq has slipped enough toward dangerous paths that may endanger the country if we don't realize that the solution ... lies is the concept of national unity

  Ayad Allawi

  Country, Lying, Iraq

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• It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Lying, Inspiration, Europe

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• Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

  Theodor Adorno

  Lying, Needs, Opinion

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.30, Verso

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• The happiness of building lasted but a little while, for though I love to spend, I hate to be cheated; and I soon found, that to build is to be robbed.

  Samuel Johnson

  Hate, Found, Cheated

  "The Idler: With Additional Essays".

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• Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and once uttered are sullenly supported.

  Samuel Johnson

  Vanity, Evil, Degradation

  Samuel Johnson (2009). “The Lives of the Poets: A Selection”, p.219, OUP Oxford

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• None are deceived but they that confide.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Deceived, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.

  Samuel Johnson

  Lying, Talent, Deceiving

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Robert Carruthers (1852). “The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.171

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• All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Chill, Benevolence

  Samuel Johnson (1796). “Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia ... A new edition, with engravings”, p.211

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• Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have included two Graces under the word Charity. But God can give a third. He can awake in man, towards Himself, a supernatural Appreciative love. This is of all gifts the most to be desired. Here, not in our natural loves, nor even in ethics, lies the true centre of all human and angelic life. With this all things are possible.

  C. S. Lewis

  Lying, Men, Two

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• We're taught as young kids Acknowledge your mistakes, admit your lies, ... It's cathartic. That's what I think the speech did. He didn't just try to blame someone else.

  Mark Foley

  Mistake, Lying, Kids

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• Every race, every art has its hypocrisy. The world is fed with a little truth and many lies.

  Romain Rolland

  Art, Lying, Men

  "John Christopher: Storm and Stress".

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• White lies are ushers to black ones.

  Frederick Marryat

  Lying, White, Black

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• What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin.

  Jessica Hahn

  Lying, Facts, Bother

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• Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

  L. Neil Smith

  Lying, Sea, Civilization

  "Empire of Lies" by L. Neil Smith, www.lneilsmith.org. June 15, 2003.

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• There were weekends and evening hours. A lot of time went in to defend what proved to be a deceitful action.

  F. Thomson Leighton

  Lying, Weekend, Evening

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• It's not an issue. Everyone's focused on us trying to get a victory. That's where the focus lies. ... We're trying to win a game. Who cares about that (other stuff). If we'd played 'em two years ago when it happened, maybe it would be different.

  Donnie Edwards

  Lying, Winning, Years

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• Fears and lies intensify consciousness.

  Mason Cooley

  Lying, Consciousness

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• I wish I could anticipate some of the stories and lies that will be told. It's going to be great to get everyone together so we can tell all of the families, all of the wives and children, just how good we were because they never got to see us play.

  Larry Conley

  Children, Lying, Play

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• Since there my past life lies, why alter it?

  Robert Browning

  Lying, Past, My Past

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.435, Wordsworth Editions

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• I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother anyone. I want to stay alive, preferably in peace, without seeing every one of my mistakes in the papers, and on many occasions, even stories that are lies.

  George Best

  Mistake, Lying, Stories

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• The one you love leans forward, smiles, deceives you, Opens a door through which you see dark dreams.

  Conrad Aiken

  Dream, Lying, Dark

  Conrad Aiken (1970). “Collected poems”, Oxford Univ Pr

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