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

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

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

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.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.

No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

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.

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.