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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.
Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
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.
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.
