Round numbers are always false.

Round numbers are always false.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

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.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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.

There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.

There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

But that he wrought so high the specious tale,
As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.
[Lat., Se read more

But that he wrought so high the specious tale,
As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.
[Lat., Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,
Che la facesse di menzogna rea.]

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.