White Lie Quotes - Page 2

• White lies are ushers to black ones.

  Frederick Marryat

  Lying, White, Black

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• The perjurer's mother told white lies.

  Austin O'Malley

  Mother, Liars, Lying

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• Enough white lies can scorch the earth black.

  Isaac Marion

  Lying, White, Black

  Isaac Marion (2015). “The New Hunger: A Warm Bodies Novella”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.

  George Eliot

  Lying, Eye, Artist

  George Eliot (1869). “Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.73

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• Los Angeles is the home of the three little white lies: "The Ferrari is paid for," "The mortgage is assumable," and "It's just a cold sore!

  Milton Berle

  Lying, Home, White

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• I'm not a big fan of the white lie.

  Carolyn Hax

  Lying, White, Fans

  "Carolyn Hax Live: 'Plan your own future'". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2016.

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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• I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.

  Enrique Iglesias

  Lying, Stupid, White

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• The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies.

  Arthur Murray

  Lying, White, Suffering

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• We have to undo the millions of little white lies that America told itself and the world about the American Black man.

  John Oliver Killens

  Lying, Men, White

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• A safety net of small white lies can be the bedrock of a successful marriage. You wouldn't believe how cheaply I can do a kitchen renovation.

  Anna Quindlen

  Marriage, Lying, Believe

  Anna Quindlen (2012). “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life”, p.22, Random House

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• With your face and your beautiful eyes and the coversations with the little white lies and the faded picture of a beautiful lie you carry me from your car up the stairs,and I broke down crying was she worth this mess? After everything and that little black dress.After everything i must confess...I need you <3'':) -Taylor Swift

  Taylor Swift

  Beautiful, Lying, Eye

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• THE LUXE IS . . . Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan in 1899.

  Anna Godbersen

  Girl, Lying, Party

  Anna Godbersen (2009). “The Luxe”, Harper Collins

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• Little white lies are part of everyday life. If youre in court being charged with a felony, youre probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; youre going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; its human nature.

  Monica Raymund

  Girlfriend, Lying, Sweaters

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• We have got nowadays so that we divide lies into white lies and black lies, society lies and business lies, etc. The Word of God knows no such letting-down of the standard.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Lying, White, Black

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• Someone once said, "I don't lie because then I don't have to remember anything." I've told white lies a lot. Sometimes when you tell stories you'll embellish them a little, especially with foxhole humor.

  Larry King

  Lying, Remember, Sometimes

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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