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As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1319, Delphi Classics
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.