Elizabeth PetersI do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
About This Quote
When you are in a war, you need to be as deceptive as you can be. You must pretend that there is someone behind you that will save you. You must pretend that your weapon is a sword and not a rifle. This quote by Evelyn Waugh takes on the idea of how we need to be prepared for all possible situations and use deceit and deception to get out of them.
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