Lie

Lie

To lie is to deliver a false statement to another person which the speaking person knows is not the whole truth, intentionally.

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Famous quotes containing the word lie:

    “We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “The sun, that brave man,
    Comes through boughs that lie in wait,
    That brave man.
    Green and gloomy eyes
    In dark forms of the grass
    Run away.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)