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A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
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.
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
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.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
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.