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 LYING


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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = You he—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. Calderon—El Magico Prodigioso. Sc. 1. Trans, by Shelley. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Byron) Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere. So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. Cicero—Academici. IV. 21. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Mendaei homini ne verum quidem dicenti credere solemus. A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth. Cicero—De Divinatione. II. 71. Same idea inPaBDRUS—Fables. I. 10. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples—that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at. S. L. Clemens | cog = (Mark Twain) | work = My First Lie. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = An experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite picturesque liar. S. L. Clemens | cog = (Mark Twain) | work = My Military Campaign. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments. A liar is always lavish of oaths. Corneille—Le Menteur. III. 5. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = II faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti. A good memory is needed once we have lied. Corneille—Le Menteur. IV. 5. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Montaigne, Quintilian, Sidney}}) | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise. Dryden—Absalom and Achitophel. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; wenn ich luge, nicht. When I err every one can see it, but not when Hie. Goethe—Spruche in Prosa. III. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. | author = Goldsmith | work = Vicar of Wakefield. Vol.11. Ch. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Half the world knows not how the other half lies. | author = Herbert | work = Jacula Prudentum. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Lying | page = 485 }}