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believe every man a liar until he proves himself true the bigger the lie, the more it is believed he that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it it is better to be cheated than not to trust it is better to be lied about than to lie a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth a liar is worse than a thief liars begin by imposing on others but end by deceiving themselves liars have need of good memories a lie can go around the world and back while the truth is lacing up its boots a lie stands on one leg, truth on two lies do harm only to them that tell 'em lies have short legs men are never so easily deceived as when they are plotting to deceive others one lie makes many popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world there's no liar like an old liar white lies are but ushers to the black ones you can fool some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time you catch a thief but never a liar
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