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I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.

William Shakespeare
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He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.

Michel de Montaigne
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He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying. -Michel de Montaigne
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

Dale Carnegie
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Samuel Butler
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. -Samuel Butler
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.

Woody Allen
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I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

Jean Genet
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The Boeing Company wasn't lying down. We just allowed ourselves to step back from our customers too far. -Scott Carson
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Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Bergen Evans
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They were just lying there, ... People were just passing by, looking at the bodies. Nobody was going to help us. They were just letting us die like flies.

Michael Morgan
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We blues singers are condemned. But I let them know this: If what I'm singing sends me to hell, I don't know how to get to heaven because I ain't lying. It's in your heart, and it's what you feel. -Henry Townsend
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I saw the children playing with a bag lying in front of a photography store and suddenly it exploded.

Ali Mahmud
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He can't be believed. The truth is that he has an ability for lying.

Fernando Rospigliosi
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I used to feed spiders in the hedgerow where my grandmother used to live. I used to spend hours just lying on the front lawn watching ants go by. -Nicholas Martin
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I was disappointed in that, ... I'd be lying if I said no. I think that sometimes it is to be expected [but] when you have a track record in a city like I do here, I was disappointed.

Tommy Maddox
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I'm suggesting to you (that) you are lying under oath.

John Agius
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Frank is the biggest liar. If his lips are moving, he's lying. -John Clemens
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What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

Laurence Olivier, Sir
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I was lying in bed one night and couldn't sleep, and it just dawned on me there wasn't one in here. I think it should be here.

Chris Drury
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They're lying, just as they've lied about their kidnapping of President Aristide. -Ira Kurzban
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Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Adrienne Rich
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They must understand that there is a seriousness to the event and a consequence to lying.

Brian Neary
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When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead. -Judith Viorst
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about it. I'd be lying if I said I sat on the bench, watching guys play, and felt [as much a] part of this.

Michael Olowokandi
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.

Patrick Murray
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Then I turned around. Twenty feet from me, was Martin lying down on the balcony. -Ozell Sutton
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I don't think we're lying. I don't see where the lie is.

Colleen Dolan
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Boiling too long has happened to anyone who has ever boiled sap, even professionals. Anyone who says he hasn't burnt the sap is lying.

John Snell
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Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. -Susan Sontag
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