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Elizabeth Bowen

"The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round."

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"The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round."

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"An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country."

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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

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"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

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"I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished."

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"Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?"

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"I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though."

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"Weaklings must lie."

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"A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour."

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"Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have."
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