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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.

Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.

Dorothy Parker
Lying, Advice, Storm
Dorothy Parker (1992). “The Sayings of Dorothy Parker”, Bloomsbury Academic

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)

Dorothy Parker
Love, Lying, Party
"The Flaw in Paganism" l. 1 (1931)

He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.

Dorothy Parker
Lying, Woods, Cypresses
Dorothy Parker (1944). “Dorothy Parker”

I'll think about something else. I'll just sit quietly. If I could sit still. If I could sit still, maybe I could read. Oh, all the books are about people who love each other, truly and sweetly. What do they want to write about that for? Don't they know it isn't true? Don't they know it's a lie, it's a God-damned lie? What do they have to tell about that for, when they know how it hurts?

Dorothy Parker
Hurt, Lying, Book
Dorothy Parker (2002). “Complete Stories”, p.80, Penguin

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