"From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies."
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"The kingdom of heaven is worth infinitely more than the cost of discipleship, and those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it."
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"A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths"
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"Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually."
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"A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows."
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"This is my password," said the King as he drew his sword. "The light is dawning, the lie broken. Now guard thee, miscreant, for I am Tirian of Narnia."
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"Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side."
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"The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed."
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"Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth."
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"Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the spectator adjusts in his own mind."
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"Time that never ends, that never passes, that remains in the present, where all of life's secrets lie."
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"In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form Villette my telling that particular lie will not be required. The majority of people who attempt suicide repeat that attempt until they succeed. I took a risk in lying to her about her condition, i decided to test the only remedy i have come to have any faith in: awareness of life. Until she finds out from some other doctor that she is perfectly healthy. She'll consider each day a miracle. Which in my view it is."
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"I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear."
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"And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor, And my soul from out that shadow, That lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted - nevermore."
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"Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies."
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"How lucious lies the pea within the pod."
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"What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism."
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"Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code."
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"Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects."
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"A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies."
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