Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no 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 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.

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.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.

And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

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.]

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.