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To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer.

John Donne
Lying, Judging, Answers
John Donne, Henry Alford (1839). “The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.364
To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer.