Quote by Joseph Addison
Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency. -

Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency. – Joseph Addison

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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Nobody speaks the truth when theres something they must have. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Matilda told such dreadful lies,
It made one gasp and stretch ones eyes;
Her aunt, who from her earliest youth,
Had kept a strict regard for truth,
Attempted to believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her. – Hilaire Belloc

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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. – Francis Bacon

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It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth. – Robert Armstrong

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