Lies

Famous quotes containing the word lies:

“The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.”
—Tertullian (c. 150–230)

“What is love? ‘Tis not hereafter,
Present mirth hath present laughter.
What’s to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty,
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty.
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“a little sight left in the corner
Of one eye fading seeing something wave lies believing
That she could have made it”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)