Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
“A lie never lives to be old.”
Acrisius, fragment 59.
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“An old dissembler who lived out his lie
Lies here as if he did not fear to die.”
J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) American writer
"An Epitaph for Anyone", 1942 The Poems of J. V. Cunningham, edited by Timothy Steele, Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 1997, ISBN 0-804-00997-X
Epigrams
“People lie. Auras never lie.”
Harbhajan Singh Yogi (1929–2004) Indian-American Sikh Yogi
The Eight Human Talents (2001)
Ernest Becker book The Denial of Death
"Human Character as a Vital Lie", p. 56
The Denial of Death (1973)
“To Live signifies to believe and hope — to lie and to lie to oneself.”
Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince
Source: Clockwork Prince