I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Round numbers are always false.

Round numbers are always false.

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.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

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.

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

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

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.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie.
[Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es read more

When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie.
[Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge,
nicht.]