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)
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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Can make a stone of the heart.
William Butler... - George: [typing] And since I'd achieved all my goals as President in one
term,
there was no need for a second. The end. Hmm... - 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. -... - A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
Egyptian... - 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...
