“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
Tag: lies
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“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
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“No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.” — Isaac Asimov, The Near East
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“Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.” — J. M. Coetzee, Slow Man
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“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.” — Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed
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“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
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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.” — Sydney J. Harris, On the Contrary
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“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” — Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 15, 1710 November 2 to November 9
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“A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
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)