Sometimes you lie to deceive people. Sometimes you lie because you need the lie to become the truth.


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Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients.
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Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all.
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By believing a lie you make the lie a truth for you.
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to seek the truth, you must lie to a liar, & if they believe in your lie, they will tell you the tru...
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People need stories. Stories of love, hope, survival, wisdom and sometimes pain. Maybe you don’t t...
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Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.
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Never lie & deceive to someone who trust you & never trust to one who always lies to you. Truth, wis...
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If the truth refuses to speak out,but decides to employ nemesis to catch up with the lie,then it may...
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People may lie to you over the phone, but they may not lie to you looking at you face to face.
DARRELL SMITH
When you lie to others, you lie to yourself.
JIM GENOVESE
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.
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Sometimes everything you know in the world turns out to be a lie. But at the end of the day the lie ...
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A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.
TIM O'BRIEN
The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.
MITCH ALBOM
The biggest lie is the truth you are afraid to tell.
JARVIS DUVEL GAYDEN
I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie.
MEGAN WHALEN TURNER
If you lie enough times, you will begin to believe you are telling the truth.
BRYAN A ROBERTS
A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
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I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall p...
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A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
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I suppose we all lie to ourselves sometimes.
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Why do you lie" I ask her.
"To block the truth."
Fair enough.
Naomi goes on. "Where d...
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Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.
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Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.
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Sometimes you are damn wrong and you just don't get it.
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People lie and scam because you are too stupid to understand it.
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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
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I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
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better to hear the truth now, then a lie that hurts you later
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Don't lie to yourself?
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Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
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If I will not lie, you will not see the truth.
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The truth in you will destroy the lie in you. The two can't be friends.
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all you can do
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and hope
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before<...
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation
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Saying that you never lie, is a lie.
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The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
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You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird.
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If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
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It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It...
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ELLEN WITTLINGER
Look for the facial recognition smirk, then you become a lie listener.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
GRAHAM GREENE
If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
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If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
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Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.
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The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look listen and trust.
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You lie because your trying to hide who your really are
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A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.
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The best lies were always mixed with truth.
SARAH J. MAAS
For every truth,there are ten lies.
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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.
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Lie has thousand faces. Truth has only one face.
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When lie is being exhibited & the truth looks elsewhere, it means it has sold it'd birthright.
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Let all the truth be told,but just one lie well executed can disorganize it,albeit temporarily.
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Lie is the original impersonator,for it impersonates the truth.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
[I] lie like the truth.
WILLEM DAFOE
Lie is an ambassador of the truth,without pay.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Lie can only prevail,if the truth decides to remain silent.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Lie is illegal,but truth is legal.
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The defense aroma present in the truth,makes it defensive in nature,but lie lacks the defense aroma,...
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Life is a battle field between two unseen forces;The truth & The lie.
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In the science world,the lies of today can become the truth of tomorrow.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Truth is constant,but lie varies.
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Tell the truth about any situation & you are delivered from lack of progress,but become hippocrital ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Inside every truth are many lies & inside every lie are some truths.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
To live in truth is the foundation for progress & it is better than to temporarily dwell in a beauti...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
What's the use of arguing with someone who finds it easy to lie and has no problem swearing they're ...
MOSTAFA BAKOUSH
Ultimate truth is a cover story, underneath lies a LIE.
EPHDAN
To be a liar, you need to know the truth.
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It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
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Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
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Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
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Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
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You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
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then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
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There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
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Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
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Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
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Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
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Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
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Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
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In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ...
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THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
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Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.
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A big sacrifice is coming, and you won't have the courage to make it. That will cost you dearly. It ...
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Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers ...
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Humans see what they want to see.
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Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
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Then she did something so unexpected Nico would later think he dreamed it. She walked up to Nico, wh...
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You will suffer, son of Hades!’
What else is new? Nico thought.
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This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I th...
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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea.
If I'd known what was coming, I would've called i...
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I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.
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For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a...
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He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace....
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Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’
‘How can you even talk to me like t...
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Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"

He shrugged. "Techn...
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile....
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Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend...
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Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro...
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What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol...
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Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind...
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Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
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I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla...
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Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand...
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Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga...
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She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin...
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The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
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How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big ...
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Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between...
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Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a...
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Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
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I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster."

End of discussion.The Tita...
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We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i...
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Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.
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Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc...
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You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!
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Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.
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Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
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