Well, no, I needn't fib about it, I'm not in love with anybody, sir. LEONÍD.

"I felt rather a pig talking fibs to the poor girl," confessed Madame.

you'll fib from your forehead that frown, And spar with a lighter and prettier tone; I'll look,if the swelling should ever go down, And these eyes look again,upon you, love, alone!

But when I spoke, their wonder eas'd itself by an applause; which convinc'd me they were then satisfied that my friend Mist had told a fib of me.

Hildegarde Dolson (A); 7Nov72; R539809. Let me fib like a lady.

Two little fibs for Miss Gloria; yet, certainly, very small fibs which hurt no one.

I, who so oft renounce the muses, lie, Not 's self e'er tells more fibs than I; When sick of Muse, our follies we deplore, And promise our best friends to rhyme no more; We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit.

I would tell all the fibs in the world to help her.

" When I was a very little girl I knew an old woman who told me that if a person was really good at heart, the holy angels would allow that person, in the course of her life, twelve fibs without charge, provided they was told for the good of somebody and not to do harm.