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Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
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.]
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.
For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.
For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
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.
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]