A liar isn't believed even when he speaks the truth.
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- A poet is a kind of liar who always speaks the
truth... - When money speaks,
the truth is most often silent... - Liars when they speak the truth are not
believed. --... - When I meet an Englishman and he speaks with that funny accent,
I'd never say, "You're a liar." But ... I believe... - Whoever has even once become notorious by base fraud,
even if he speaks the truth, gains no belief. -- Phaedrus... - FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest
approach to truth:
the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David... - He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.
Turkish... - The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed,
but that he cannot believe any one else. --... - Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed...
From the same category:
- The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below!
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
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Gertrude of Wyoming, Part iii, Stanza... - If the government doesn't trust the people,
why doesn't it dissolve them and elect a new people... - In this world filled with unfairness, it takes all the talent,
intelligence and cunning your offspring can muster... - Most well-trodden paths lead nowhere.
--
First Rule of... - Student: Can you do problem number twelve? Wyler:
Twelve?
NO!...That problem is on the test. -- Oswald...
