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Quote on a picture of Le Mans' city walls.

“I don’t mind the lies told about me, what worries me is the truth.” — Henny Youngman, Henny Youngman’s Bar Jokes, Bar Bets and Bar Tricks

Author YahooeyPosted on September 25, 2021September 24, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Henny Youngman, lies, truthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a portrait of Daniel Webster.

“Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.” — Daniel Webster, “Argument on the Trial of John F. Knapp,” Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Author YahooeyPosted on June 28, 2021June 26, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Daniel Webster, falsehoods, liesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.

“No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.” — Isaac Asimov, The Near East

Author YahooeyPosted on May 13, 2021May 10, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Isaac Asimov, liesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.

“Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.” — J. M. Coetzee, Slow Man

Author YahooeyPosted on July 7, 2019July 1, 2019Categories QuotationsTags biographies, foreshadow, J. M. Coetzee, lies, premonition, Sarah Manguso, Slow Man, truths2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.” — Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed

Author YahooeyPosted on March 31, 2019March 25, 2019Categories QuotationsTags islands, lies, misunderstanding, Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!

“How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” — Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

Author YahooeyPosted on May 23, 2018May 13, 2018Categories QuotationsTags autobiography, lies, lying, Mark Twain, undoLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Everyone admits that “the truth hurts” but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie.

“Everyone admits that “the truth hurts” but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie.” — Sydney J. Harris, On the Contrary

Author YahooeyPosted on September 14, 2017September 9, 2017Categories QuotationsTags lies, On the Contrary, pain, Sydney J. Harris, truth, truth hurtsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.

“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” — Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 15, 1710 November 2 to November 9

Author YahooeyPosted on December 23, 2015December 22, 2019Categories QuotationsTags falsehood, Jonathan Swift, lies, truthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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

“A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Author YahooeyPosted on November 28, 2015December 26, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Auguries of Innocence, intent, lies, truth, William BlakeLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

Lyric of the Day — December 26th 2014

“Such are promises, all lies and jest,
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest” — Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, The Concert in Central Park (1981)

Author YahooeyPosted on December 26, 2014December 30, 2014Categories MusicTags jest, lies, promises, Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, The Concert in Central Park2 Comments on Lyric of the Day — December 26th 2014

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