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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

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

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Elizabeth Bowen
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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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Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but dont insult them. – Japanese Proverb

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

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