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I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies!
If captains the remark, or critics, make,
Why they read more
I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies!
If captains the remark, or critics, make,
Why they lie also--under a mistake.
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.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies;
And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies;
And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
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.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
