Lie

Famous quotes containing the word lie:

“True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

“O, the world hath not a sweeter creature! She might lie by an emperor’s side and command him tasks.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“For want of me the world’s course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.”
—Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896)