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A beautiful lie is better than the bitter truth.
One lie leads to another. Once you lie once, you can't stop. It’s like sailing in a leaky boat: you have to endlessly bail out water so as not to drown.
A lie hangs like a smoke screen to everyone, everyone, and some kind of natural brutality.
Quote Explanation: Blue Book. Petersburg diary (1914-1917).
Why do we all lie, every single one of us? I am truly convinced of this universality of our lies. Recently, the thought suddenly dawned on me that in Russia, in the intelligent classes, there cannot even be a person who does not lie. This is precisely because even completely honest people can lie in our country.
Quote Explanation: Something about lying
Even the most innocent lie can have the most serious consequences. Don't repeat my mistakes. After all, not all stories end as well as mine.
People often want to think that they are very smart and dexterous, cunning and resourceful, that they can deceive death itself, the Devil - or anyone, but the truth is that they are only deceiving themselves.
Let this apple seem twice as tasty to you, because you got it through honest labor.
On August 6, 2001, the threat of al-Qaeda hijacking was discussed at the daily briefing. After listening to the CIA representative, Bush said: “That’s it. Now you've got your ass covered." That didn’t stop him from declaring at a press conference in April 2004: “If I had heard even a hint that these people would fly planes into buildings, we would have done everything possible to protect the country.”
- And quite often and successfully.
- Only hypocrites will respect you, but you have already lost your strength. How can you be so blind! It is pride and a lust for power that will deprive us of everything.
- A criminal, huh? The criminal is the price I paid for the hope that justice will one day prevail.
People lie, saying that any right deed removes a heavy stone from the heart. More often it turns out to be the opposite: no matter how much you convince yourself that you did everything in good conscience and in truth, it doesn’t get any easier. And each time it's getting harder to breathe.
Do you have any idea how painful it is to live a lie every day? For you, these are just rash words, but for us, your lies are all we have.
- If nothing, then why are you lying to yourself?
Oh, guitar, you, guitar, oh you, my girl!
