Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
Madame de Stael

Under each formula lies a corpse.
Emile M. Cioran

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
Jane Fonda

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Henry Ellis

Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.
Henry Ellis

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.
Henry Ellis

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
Henry B. Adams

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.
Condoleezza Rice

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
Jean Cocteau

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
Friedrich Schiller

Where there is a worker, there lies a nation.
Evita Peron

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Paul Simon

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
Jean de la Bruyere

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Jean de la Bruyere

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Joan Didion

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
H. Rap Brown

Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.
Manfred von Richthofen

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties. I'm a promoter of America. I'm American people. You know what I mean? So therefore, uh, do not send for who the bell tolls 'cause the bell tolls for thee.
Don King

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.
Mel Gibson