At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right
Miguel de UnamunoTags: truth reason lies silence lying
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
Abraham LincolnTags: lying abraham-lincoln
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
Alfred TennysonIn order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens.
Judith Lewis HermanTags: lying denial secrecy crazy credibility survivors insane hysterical rape-survivor abusers perpetrators sexual-abuse survivor abuse abuse-survivors abuser attack-on-character attacking-people backlash break-the-silence child-sexual-abuse child-sexual-abuse-survivor false-memories false-memory-myth false-memory-syndrome-campaign healing-from-abuse incest just-tell lack-of-accountability perpetrator pschological-abuse rape-culture rape-myths sexual-assault sexual-violence unstable victimized victimizing
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that -- being what it is -- it falls so short of in fact and in deed.
Clare Boothe LuceTags: art creativity storytelling lying creatives
The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.
Cheryl HughesTags: honesty integrity trust lying cheating
When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.
Cheryl HughesTags: integrity lying cheating
The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. They erode our strength, our self-esteem, our very foundation.
Cheryl HughesTags: integrity lying cheating
But mothers lie. It's in the job description.
John GreenIntegrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try telling nothing but the truth.
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