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“Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed."”
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- Source:
- Aristotle. xi.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 818cf14e12cb089668253dd27331d5d9687f746a0c2b20ef390f9ac925f3ff6f
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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