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"It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation."
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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."
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"Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."
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"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."
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"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."
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"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."
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"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie."
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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."
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"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."
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"A lie never lives to be old."
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"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."
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"The grace of God is courtesy."
God
"Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing."
Writing
"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."
Soul
"Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography."
Autobiography
"From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."
Friendship
"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."
Death
"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."
History
"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."
Lie
"All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men."
Man
"I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it."
Writing
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