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Lying Has A Kind Of Respect And Reverence With It. We Pay A Person The Compliment Of Acknowledging His Superiority Whenever We Lie To Him.

-Samuel Butler

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Lying Has A Kind Of Respect And

Samuel Butler

Lying Has A Kind Of Respect And Reverence With It. We Pay A Person The Compliment Of Acknowledging His Superiority Whenever We Lie To Him.

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