DRYDEN: If we’ve told lies you’ve told half-lies … And a man who tells lies — like me — merely hides the truth. (softly) But a man who tells half-lies … has forgotten where he put it.

Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist

Lawrence of Arabia, Part 2, sc. 189 (1962) [with Michael Wilson]
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Speaking to Lawrence about the Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing the Turkish Empire between French and English interests, and its betrayal of their Arab allies.