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" A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18 "

― Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling quote : A DEAD STATESMAN<br />I could not dig: I dared not rob:<br />Therefore I lied to please the mob.<br />Now all my lies are proved untrue<br />And I must face the men I slew.<br />What tale shall serve me here among<br />Mine angry and defrauded young?<br />from EPITAPHS OF THE WAR 1914-18
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