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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

Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Goodbye
Author
Elizabeth Bowen
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The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Absence
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Elizabeth Bowen
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Other Quotes from
Deception/Lying
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With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back. – Proverb

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Deception/Lying

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

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Deception/Lying

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

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Deception/Lying

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

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Deception/Lying

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There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters. – Miguel de Cervantes

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One may survive distress, but not disgrace. – Scottish Proverb

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My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like me, although he had no beard. He had the appearance of a very elegant British-looking man. – Michael Haneke

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relationship