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Quote by Georges Bernanos
What does the truth matter? Havent we mothers all given our sons a

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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Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. – Georges Bernanos

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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. – Georges Bernanos

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

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

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