What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given

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What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! - Georges Bernanos

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French novelist and essayist, 1888 - 1948

Born:20th February, 1888
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Starsign: Pisces

Author Keywords: Essayist, Novelist, French

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