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Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says.
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced read more
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should read more
A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be known.
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united
voice of myriads cannot lend the read more
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united
voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to
falsehood.
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.]
Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.
[Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a read more
Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.
[Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.]