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A Statesman Is An Easy Man, He Tells His Lies By Rote
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A statesman is an easy man,
He tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
And takes you by the throat;
So stay at home and drink your beer
And let the neighbors vote.
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) "The Old Stone Cross" (1938)
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Many times man lives and dies Between his two eternities.
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Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. -- William Butler Yea
George: [typing] And since I'd achieved all my goals as President in one term, there was no need for a second.
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How do Mr. and Mrs. Pinocchio make love? She sits on his face while he tells lies.
He is almost a statesman. He lies well.
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money.
What's important is that you continue to do so. -- Hunter S....
A man's ruin lies in his tongue. Egyptian Proverb
Here lies Bob... He lived his dream.
T is not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act iii, Sc. 3...