Being lied Quote by Charles Edward Montague

“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.” quote by Charles Edward Montague — Download Open image

“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.”

Charles Edward Montague

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