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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.
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.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
All men are born truthful and die 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.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
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.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes.
Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes.