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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then his accomplice in the White House, this mad fool.
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The truthful man is usually a liar.
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I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed.
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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
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History is the great propagator of doubt.
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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.
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It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.
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History is not history unless it is the truth.
