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The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.
The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any, nor to be believed when we say the truth.
Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Sir Walter Raleigh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sir Walter Raleigh. · page_429
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