Lie

Lie

To lie is to deliver a false statement to another person which the speaking person knows is not the whole truth, intentionally.

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Famous quotes containing the word lie:

    “We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “Does he lie there
    forever, where his rifle waits, giant
    and straight? . . . I think you die again
    and live again,
    Johnny, each summer that moves inside
    my mind.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)