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Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.
Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.
Who lies for you will lie against you.
Who lies for you will lie against you.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and read more
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all read more
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.