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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
[Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere read more
A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
[Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.]
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced read more
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Half the truth is often a great lie.
Half the truth is often a great lie.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.
The great mass of people will more easily fall victems to a big lie than to a small one.
