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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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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. – Hilaire Belloc

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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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Liars are always ready to take oaths. – Vittorio Alfieri

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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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