Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.

Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.

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.

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.

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.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.

Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie;
A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie;
A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

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.