Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

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.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.

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.

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 little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.

A liar should have a good memory.

A liar should have a good memory.

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.

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.