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:

    “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)

    “Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “Bring me an axe and spade,
    Bring me a winding-sheet;
    When I my grave have made
    Let winds and tempests beat:
    Then down I’ll lie as cold as clay.
    True love doth pass away!”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)