When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies in circulation inevitably multiplies, and the danger of detection increases every day.
Quotes about fib (7 Quotes)
Shouts of dismay rose as the red flesh splattered against the table. It was only a tomato, but one would think I was pulping a decaying heart by the noise the big, strong FIB officers were making.
We wanted to keep it quiet, keep it a surprise for her. I hated to fib and lie to a good friend, but just to see her expression was worth every penny, every minute.
Well, I hate to break the news to you Some politicians lie. And this not just a little fib. This is a whopper. There is no study that documents failure of oral barbiturates to cause death.
There are many voices telling us to halt this debate, that the people are weary of it all, ... There are other voices suggesting we have a duty to debate the many questions raised by the circumstances in which we find ourselves, questions of high consequence for constitutional government.... What is the significance of a false statement under oath Is it essentially different from a garden variety lie A mental reservation A fib An evasion A little white lie Hyperbole
Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again.
FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth the perigee of his eccentric orbit.