A lie told well is just as good as the truth..
The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it..
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another..
If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but because literature can be more trut….
Burn, burn tree and fern! Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch To light the night for our delight, Ya hey! Bake and toast ‘em, fry and roast ‘em! til….
Love appears and says: "You think you're heading towards a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal's existence lies in your love for….
The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind..
Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and kno….
Because we see reality in different ways, we must understand that we are looking at different truths rather than the truth and that, therefore, all p….
We have not chosen this time. We cannot help it if we are born as men of the early winter of full Civilization, instead of on the golden summit of a ….
He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others..
If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple..
Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this over the years, myself so nearly r….
Despite having been awarded the dubious honor of arthood, all photography is still perceived as having one foot in the real world, a toe in the chill….
The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies..
The danger lies not in the big ears of little pitchers, but in the large mouths..
What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To question ….
As the saying goes, the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; we transitioned to better solutions. The same opportunity lies before us ….
The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors..
Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the more evidence they have of grace.….
To lie about a far country is easy.