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

I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. – Hilaire Belloc

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Animals
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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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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc

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Travel
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Deception/Lying
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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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Deception/Lying

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back. – Proverb

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Deception/Lying

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

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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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Reputation is in itself only a farthing candle, of a wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. – James Russell Lowell

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