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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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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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Society
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. – Georges Bernanos

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

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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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Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency. – Joseph Addison

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Im not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. – Jackie Robinson

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Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. Ive developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. – Martha Beck

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