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A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
[Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
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.
Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.
Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat;
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.
Half the truth is often a great lie.
Half the truth is often a great lie.
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
Splendidly mendacious.
[Lat., Splendide mendax.]
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.
You lie--under a mistake--
For this is the most civil sort of lie
That can be given read more
You lie--under a mistake--
For this is the most civil sort of lie
That can be given to a man's face, I now
Say what I think.
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.
