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Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.