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Quote by Lyman Beecher
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.

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 – Lyman Beecher

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Matilda told such dreadful lies,
It made one gasp and stretch ones eyes;
Her aunt, who from her earliest youth,
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Attempted to believe Matilda:
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. – Francis Bacon

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