Quote#Truth
As a child I had no doubts; but now? Take, for instance, telling the…
Quote byE. V. Lucas · 1868–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Over Bemerton's (1908), ch. 17, p. 173.
English (original)
As a child I had no doubts; but now? Take, for instance, telling the truth. I was brought up to believe that one should do that, and I knew a lie a mile off. But now I see that mendacity, or at any rate the suppression of one's real feelings and opinions, is the cement that binds society together.
— E. V. Lucas
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