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Why lie to yourself...?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Why should I be any different.

  • Eug.
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Three good reasons for always dealing with life truthfully:

    1. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain

    2. No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar. ~Abraham Lincoln

    3. Who lies for you will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb

    Rgds ~ Eugene

    Source(s): Grateful to: http://www.quotegarden.com/
  • 1 decade ago

    I lie to myself to believe in a reason to be. I analyze those around me and..lie to myself again by thinking they need to be here...

  • Marixa
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I really try not to lie to myself. Perhaps that has a lot to do with why i am an atheist.

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  • 1 decade ago

    To instate a false sense of Hope in order to get through the rest of the day alive.

  • 1 decade ago

    I really can't work out how the religious can live with all their internal lies to themselves ... totally gullible ... there is NO god

    religion is a scam

  • Pyth
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Because it somehow fools myself into believing I'm boosting that already ground low self esteem.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "Why lie to yourself...?"

    -For practice!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Out of sheer necessity...

    "hubby's NOT a douchebag, NOT a douchebag, NOT a douchebag..."

  • 1 decade ago

    Life is too short to take seriously.

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