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It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good mem

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying. – Michel de Montaigne, translated from French

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Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill, “ear-witness” quoting c.1936 about Stanley Baldwi

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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. – Henry Louis Mencken, A Little Book in C Major, 1916

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The truth needs so little rehearsal. – Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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Every lie is two lies — the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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