Quote by Hilaire Belloc
Matilda told such dreadful lies,It made one gasp and stretch o

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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Child! Do not throw this book about;
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Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. – Hilaire Belloc

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Im tired of love Im still more tired of rhyme but money gives me pleasure all the time. – Hilaire Belloc

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With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back. – Proverb

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

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What does the truth matter? Havent we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! – Georges Bernanos

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

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