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Letter "L" » Lies
«When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word of truth given to me, that word becomes the one word I wish to utter above all others.»
Author: Andre P. Brink
| About:
Lies,
Truth,
Words
| Keywords:
above all, conspiracies, conspiracy, conspiracy of silence, demands, surrounding, utter
«We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.»
«Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| About:
Lies,
Power
| Keywords:
absolute, Absolute Power, possession, Prophecies, prophesy
«Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way - who husbands it too carefully to waste it where it can be dispensed with»
«What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Graduation,
Lies
| Keywords:
compared, tiny
«Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Lies,
Society
| Keywords:
crown, crowned head, uneasy, wears
«What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder»
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