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A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
All men are born truthful and die liars.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
Round numbers are always false.
Round numbers are always false.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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.
