The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Dalai Lama

A lie cannot live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill

The lie is a condition of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
Friedrich Nietzsche

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
Friedrich Nietzsche

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.
Mark Twain

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Mark Twain

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
John F. Kennedy

Half a truth is often a great lie.
Benjamin Franklin

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
Bob Dylan

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
Voltaire

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
Jimi Hendrix

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
Plato

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
Plato

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball