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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.]
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
And none speaks false, when there in none to hear.
Round numbers are always false.
Round numbers are always false.
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.
A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
[Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere read more
A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
[Lat., Mendaci homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus.]
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.
