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The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
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.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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.
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.
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.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.
