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.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.

There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

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.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

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 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.