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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.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.
 Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
 My heart detests him as the gates of hell.  
 Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
 My heart detests him as the gates of hell. 
We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.
There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.
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.
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 truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
 You lie--under a mistake--
 For this is the most civil sort of lie
  That can be given read more 
 You lie--under a mistake--
 For this is the most civil sort of lie
  That can be given to a man's face, I now
   Say what I think.