A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.
Charles Edward MontagueAbout author
- Author's profession: Journalist
- Nationality: english
- Born: January 1, 1867
- Died: May 28, 1928
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