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  • I am prepared to maintain that Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society, that communities are held together and the progress of civilization made possible only by vigorous and sometimes even, violent Lying; that the Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , Honesty Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Life Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality which lies at the heart of all progress.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Lying Quotes , Heart Quotes
  • In late marriage alone lies the compulsion to retain an institution which, twist and turn as you like, is and remains a disgrace to humanity, an institution which is damned ill-suited to a being who with his usual modesty likes to regard himself as the 'image' of God.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Religious Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • I hid my love when young till I Couldn't bear the buzzing of a fly; I hid my life to my despite Till I could not bear to look at light: I dare not gaze upon her face But left her memory in each place; Where'er I saw a wild flower lie I kissed and bade my love good-bye.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : John Clare Quotes , Memories Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. ... It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wilderness lies in wait.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Real Quotes , Lying Quotes