“Some books are lies frae end to end,
And some great lies were never penn'd…”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) Scottish poet and lyricist
Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)
Variant: Some books are lies frae end to end.
“A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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“Some books are lies frae end to end.”
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Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)