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#1

“I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.”
― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion

tags: lying

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#2

“...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons.

- Mr. Penderwick”
― Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

tags: inspirational, lies, lying, truth

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#3

“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”
― Bruce Lee

tags: lying

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#4

“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”
― Criss Jami

tags: aggravation, concealment, confusion, contemplation, dishonesty, hardcore, honesty, lie, lying, never, pain, provoke, secrecy, secrets, thinkers, thought, torture, truth

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#5

“The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, but they keep lying to us, and we keep pretending to believe them.”
― Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs

tags: lying, soviet-union

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#6

“I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat

tags: compassion, deciet, hate, interview-with-the-vampire, lestat, lie, lies, love, lovers, lying, secret, secrets, truth, vampire, vampires

430 likes

#7

“The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.”
― Cheryl Hughes

tags: cheating, honesty, integrity, lying, trust

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#8

“Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.”
― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called

tags: facing-facts, lying

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#9

“No. It's actually not okay. And I hate when people say that, when they say it's okay even though it's not. It's better to tell the truth.”
― Nancy Werlin, The Rules of Survival

tags: lying

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#10

“The man lying on the sofa seemed friendly. But how friendly could he really be if he was a liar? ”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

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#11

“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.”
― Al David

tags: liars, lies, lying, power-of-words, truth

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