Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.

Francis Macdonald Cornford FBA (27 February 1874 – 3 January 1943) was an English classical scholar and poet; because of the similarity of his Christian name and his wife's he was known to family as "FMC" and his wife Frances Cornford was known as "FCC". From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation (1912) sought out the deep religious and social categories and concepts that informed the achievements of the early Greek philosophers.

From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation (1912) sought out the deep religious and social categories and concepts that informed the achievements of the early Greek philosophers. His work Thucydides Mythistoricus (1907) argued that Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War was informed by Thucydides' tragic view. In some circles he may be better known for his Microcosmographia Academica (1908) the classic insider's satire on academic politics.