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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Aesop
Liars, Lying, Literature
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.44, Pelekanos Books

A false tale often betrays itself.

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Lying, Tales, Betray
Aesop (1968). “Aesop's Fables”, p.337, Library of Alexandria

Appearances often are deceiving.

Aesop
Wisdom, Lying, Deceit
"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.

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Lying, Grieving, Gold
Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.30, Aesop

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