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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.
[Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a read more
Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.
[Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.]
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
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.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
