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Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
Nobody speaks the truth when theres something they must have. - El

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

Other quotes by Elizabeth Bowen

The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible. – Elizabeth Bowen

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

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

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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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