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Quote by Hilaire Belloc
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the

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

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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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Death
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Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. – Hilaire Belloc

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Legacy
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Deception/Lying
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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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Deception/Lying

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

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Deception/Lying

Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods. – English Proverb

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Deception/Lying

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

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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. – Nelson Mandela

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Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike. – Lydia Maria Child

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