Lie

Famous quotes containing the word lie:

“Away before me to sweet beds of flowers.
Love-thoughts lie rich when canopied with bowers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)

“It is often the case that the man who can’t tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)