<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=37887" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Biggest of All</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Put away lying:" this the preacher's text,<br> When a fair Sunday crowded every pew.<br>He preached so close that "What is coming next?"<br> Kept both bare heads and bonnets all askew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lies of all kinds he deftly classified,<br> Giving the forms and colors of each class.<br>Where was the hearer, then, that had not lied;<br> Who could not somewhere find his looking-glass?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lies of good nature, pity, courtesy,<br> Revenge and malice, slander, envy, fear;<br>The lies of business and of policy,<br> And lies political, told once a year.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, at the sermon's close, the preacher leant<br> Over the pulpit with close-folded arms<br>And such a gracious smile, as if it meant<br> To balm the conscience pricked with truth's alarms.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"But I do fondly trust, my people dear,<br> These subtle sins are found not at your door!<br>This said; a butt of slander whispered clear,<br> "That lie beats everything that went before!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charlotte+Fiske+Bates">Charlotte Fiske Bates</a> from <i>Century Magazine, vol. 47</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=37887" data-title="Biggest of All de Charlotte Fiske Bates" data-description=""Put away lying:" this the preacher's text,/ When a fair Sunday crowded every pew./He preached so close that "What is coming next?"/ Kept both bare heads and bonnets all askew./Lies of all kinds he deftly classified,/ Giving the forms and colors o..."></div> </div> </div>

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