John Gay Quotes on Truth
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When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction.
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By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.
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Through all the Employments of Life Each Neighbour abuses his Brother; Whore and Rogue they call Husband and Wife: All Professions be-rogue one another: The Priest calls the Lawyer a Cheat, The Lawyer be-knaves the Divine: And the Statesman, because he's so great, Thinks his Trade as honest as mine.
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!