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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings...

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about opinion

Lies are the truths of liars.

Lies are the truths of liars.

Quote by Valeria Mahoc about lie

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about spirit

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Quote by Aristotel about power

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It...

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about war, defeat, real estate

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Quote by Franz Kafka about lie, chance

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies...

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Quote by William Blake about truth, bad luck, bad

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison about violence, weakness, time

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about press, purpose, nothing

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything...

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about courage, life

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

Quote by Joseph Addison about animals, wisdom, man

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about wealth, crime, criminals

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

Quote by Joseph Addison about immortality, mind, union, word, secret, life

And we know where the energy of the Republican Party lies...

And we know where the energy of the Republican Party lies - on the far right.

Quote by Warren Beatty about rightness

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about history

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about secret

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies...

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Quote by Aristotel about poetry, poets, art, magic

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about character

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to...

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Quote by Albert Camus about future, generosity, present, real estate

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all...

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, progress, bad, real estate

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