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That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, ...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

Quote by Thomas Paine about god, lie

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.

Quote by Paracelsus about science, lie, virtue, power

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of...

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about lie, silence

Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.

Quote by Francis Parkman about society, art, magic, man

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so...

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about truth, lie, love

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction, we both...

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction, we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about human imperfections, lie

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an...

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about lie

As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in other glands lying deeper in the digestive canal.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about revelation, lie

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would...

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack

Quote by Simon Pegg about lie, attack

When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.

Quote by John Perkins about nation, tests, drugs, security, lie, culture, money, power, sex, day

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

Quote by Pablo Picasso about art, lie, magic, truth

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where...

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

Quote by George Herbert about nature, spring, lie, day

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a...

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Quote by Tennessee Williams about lie, things

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

Quote by Harrison Ford about lie, things, time, contentment

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Quote by Edward Young about truth, lie

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law.

Quote by June Jordan about language, lie, habits, law, self-control, writing, contentment

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die!

Quote by Dorothy Parker about life, drinking, dance, lie, death, love

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Quote by Susan Sontag about opinion, lie

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Quote by Susan Sontag about lie, self-control

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt...

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

Quote by Alfred Adler about lie, common sense, sense, truth

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