I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?
“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
In the mist of difficulty lies opportunity.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. lies will pass into history.
The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity
In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.
Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.