“To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.”
Source: Les Misérables
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French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885Related quotes
“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
“In the lie of truth lies the truth.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Truth and Lie,” p. 66
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“In general, generalization is to lie, to tell lies.”
B.S. Johnson book The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
“He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then, too.”
Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia
Source: The Queen of Attolia
Gena Showalter (1975) American writer
Source: Wicked Nights
“Men lie the most,
women tell the biggest lies.”
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
