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I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth.

Samuel Johnson
Truth, Lying, Men
Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1818). “The table talk of Samuel Johnson”, p.100
I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth.