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Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. — David Whyte

It's not a lie," Shallan said, "if everyone understands and knows what it means."
"Mm. Those are some of the best lies. — Brandon Sanderson

But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we'd lose them. — Cesare Pavese

We may not know what lies a few years into the future... But for a few feet, our path is clear. So, GO. — Matthew Holland

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. — Giovanni Giocondo

Its beauty stirs the imagination, and I wonder if the last refuge of all that is truly wild lies not on earth but in light. — Ellen Meloy

Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do. — Aristotle.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself — Mahatma Gandhi

It's not about presents but it is about your presence. Therein lies the spirit of the holiday season. — Julieanne O'Connor

A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told. — Samuel Johnson

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

The danger lies not in the imaginary hydra of revolution, but in a stubborn traditionalism that impedes progress. — Leo Tolstoy

The journey of high honor lies not in smooth ways. — Philip Sidney

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions. — Luc De Clapiers

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. — Garry Kasparov

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle. — J.R.R. Tolkien

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. — Thomas Paine

It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. — Christopher Marlowe

The thunderbolt without the reverberations of thunder would frighten man but little, though the danger lies in the lightning, not in the noise. — Jules Verne

Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe. — Clifford D. Simak

The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail. — Romeo LeBlanc

The chief pleasure connected with asking an opinion lies in not adopting it. — Thomas Hardy

A mask can hide you from others, but not from yourself. — Marty Rubin

Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves. — George Vaillant

Beauty is an inner phenomenon. Beauty is not in objects, not in people, not even in the eyes of the beholder. It lies in the heart of every person — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Was I a secret not worth sharing
Or
Was I a fact not worth telling? — Dawn Lanuza

The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies. — Santosh Kalwar

The damnable thing about bad art is that the insincerity which lies at its roots is not perceived by the artist himself. — Quentin Bell

Finally, it's not the lies we tell others that do the most damage, it's those we tell ourselves. From this all troubles rise. — Anthony McCarten

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. — Sun Tzu

Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple. — Robin Sharma

But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder. — C.S. Lewis

Do not use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.' — Henrik Ibsen

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. — Khalil Gibran

Experience is always a trustworthy guide; it may not tell you everything, but it never lies. — George Sand

It is in the petty details, not in the great results, that the interest of existence lies. — Jerome K. Jerome

The vice lies not in entering the bordello but in not coming out. — Aristippus

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you. — Zig Ziglar

If there were lies to photography, I figured, there was truth too, truths we'd never see if not through the dispassionate glass eye of a camera. — Richard E. Gropp

The Orb is not of itself evil. Evil is a thing that lies only in the hearts and minds of men
and of Gods, also.
Aldur — David Eddings

Such things did not appear to horrify her. She did not feel the abyss opening beneath her feet at the thought of lies becoming truths — George Orwell

The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive, but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals. — Robin Sharma

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic. — David Berlinski

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people. — John F. Kennedy

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies. — John Sterling

I should not have lied, but I did. Later, those lies came back to haunt me, bread cast on the water, tenfold. — Michael Lee West

Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but the casket that lies here; the gem that fills it sparkles yet. — Belle Starr

The welfare of a people lies not in casting other peoples down but in peaceful collaboration. — Ludwig Von Mises

Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity — Coco Chanel

Here lies resting, out of breath,
Out of turns, Elizabeth
Whose quicksilver toes not quite
Cleared the whirring edge of night. — X.J. Kennedy

Our safety lies, not in making terms with the enemy, but in dwelling alone with our best Friend. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

People trust their eyes above all else - but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there — Zoe Marriott

Can't you hear how everyone tells lies; if not deliberately, then involuntarily; if not out loud, then silently? — Halldor Laxness

The future lies in unity and respect, not division and stereotypes — Abdullah II Of Jordan

A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer then the truth — Leah Wilson

We have facts,' they say. But facts are not everything - at least half the business lies in how you interpret them! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others. — Danny Thomas

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain. — Tertullian

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work. — Napoleon Hill

Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood. — L. Frank Baum

Having two women - one who can't know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life - is clearly difficult for him. — Jennifer Harrison

Men are like caterpillars; their potential to soar lies not on the outside, but within. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer. — Jean-Baptiste Say

True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers,
But found in the soul within. — E.A. Bucchianeri

I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper. — Nicole Lyons

I'm ashamed, thinking back Not about the lies I'm used to lying now
No, I'm ashamed of how pathetic it all was. — Hornby Nick

If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct. — Plotinus

In differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. — Louis D. Brandeis

Lies are not rooted in the mind in the way truth is. — Celia Rees

Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come? — Sophocles

Good Person, Good Words and Good Action are independent, wisdom lies in recognizing each of this good irrespective of other one or two being not Good. — Venkat Gandhi

Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely. — Laura Lee Guhrke

They do not expect the north to believe their lies, not truly, but they think we must pretend to believe or die. — George R R Martin

Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear. — Saahil Prem

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try. — Tom Holt

I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now. — Paul O'Neill

True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. — Charles Baudelaire

The devil does not have a fork Brianna, he has a whip — Michael Grant

If a man took a lover it would be accounted commonplace. Why shouldn't you? Your virtue lies in your mind, not in what lies between your legs. — Lauren Willig

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow. — Victor Hugo

Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart. — Hannah More

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides. — Joe Lieberman

The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons. — Kahlil Gibran

Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is So.
Non-Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is Not So. — Donald L. Hicks

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without. — Og Mandino

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it. — Andre Maurois

The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends. — Benjamin Franklin

It's not enough to vanquish the darkness. True victory lies in spreading the light. — Sarah Brownlee

The secret of success lies in this simple sentence: Why not? — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true. — Cathy Burnham Martin

Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us. — Edward Bellamy

The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development — Christopher Flavin

Life is choice. You can choose to be who you dream to be or not to be. It all lies in the choice you make every day! — Israelmore Ayivor

It is not only he who speaks contrary to what he knows who lies, but even more he who speaks contrary to what he does not know — Friedrich Nietzsche

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I think therefore I am. Does that mean 'I feel therefore I'm not'? But only through feeling can I get at thinking. — Jeanette Winterson

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. — George Orwell

What's to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure. — William Shakespeare

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. — John Turturro