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Age of Enlightenment3 quotes
He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. — Alexander Pope · 1727Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom. — Lord Hervey · 1743True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Classical antiquity2 quotes
How, then, might we contrive... One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city? — Socrates · 375 BCI consider false words to be the foulest sickness. — AeschylusNew Testament Era1 quote
He is a liar, and the father of it. — Jesus · 90