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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

Other quotes by Hilaire Belloc

Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfuls. – Hilaire Belloc

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Shopping
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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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Hilaire Belloc
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I shoot the Hippopotamus
With bullets made of platinum,
Because if I use leaden ones
His hide is sure to flatten em. – Hilaire Belloc

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Hunting
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Other Quotes from
Deception/Lying
category

A truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent. – William Blake

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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

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

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it – Lyman Beecher

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Deception/Lying

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Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow. – John Mariucci

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His Highness playing at shuttle-cock with one far taller than himself, and hitting him by chance with the shuttle-cock upon the forehead — “this is,” quoth he, “the encounter of David with Goliath.” – Prince Henry, of his father, James the First

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Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. – Emma Goldman

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