Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. — Aristotle
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
In the original Greek
ὅταν, … λέγωσιν ἀληθῆ, μὴ πιστεύεσθαι.
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 240
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Aristotle. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 17.
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Aristotle. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 17.