"Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency."

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"Liars are always ready to take oaths."

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"The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it."

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"It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."

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"It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth."

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"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."

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"Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it"

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"It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation."

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"What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!"

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"Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have."

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