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“Lying is a crime the least liable to variation in its definitions. A child will upon the slightest temptation tell an untruth as readily as the truth. That is, as soon as he can suspect that it will be to his advantage; and the dread that he afterward has of telling a lie is acquired principally by his being threatened, punished, and terrified by those who detect him in it, till at length, a number of painful impressions are annexed to the telling of an untruth, and he comes even to shudder at the thought of it.”

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Book:The Theological and Miscellaneous Works. Ed. with Notes by John Towill Rutt

Source: The Theological and Miscellaneous Works. Ed. with Notes by John Towill Rutt

“Truth travels slowly and gets weaker as it goes. Suitable lies are strong and run faster.”

Running Lying Strong Faster Truthful Suitable Untruth

Book:Mistress of the Art of Death

Source: Mistress of the Art of Death

“Nothing creates such untruth in you as the wish to please.”

Lying Wish Please Untruth

Author:Shirley Hazzard