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“How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like to beasts, a beastly life they lead, who naught attend save death when they are dead.”

Ifs Should Lying Atheism Dare Dust Beast Fabulous Scorn Beastly

Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

“Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.”

Ifs Persons Faces Lying Opinion Effects Dare Instant Falsehood

Book:The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

“He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.”

Lying Bears Suicide Dare Calamity Valiant

Author:Philip Massinger

“Republicans have pounced. They're outraged. They say, 'How dare you lie about caring for the people who got hurt in the war we lied them into?'”

People War Lying Hurt Republican Dare Caring Lied Outraged Got Hurt

Author:Bill Maher