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He may lie safely who comes from afar.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie

A little truth makes the whole lie pass.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie, truth

Though a lie be swift, truth overtakes it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie, truth

Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about name, lie, day, contentment

He who serves two masters must lie to one of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie

To censure princes is perilous, and to praise them is lying.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about lie, praise

The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep, lie

To expect what never comes, to lie in bed and not sleep, to serve well and not be advanced, are three things to die of.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sleep, lie, death, things

If you want to know who your friends are, lie by the roadside and pretend to be drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about lie, contentment

A lie has no legs, but scandalous wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about lie

It's better to lie a little than to be unhappy.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about lie

When ten thousand soldiers lie rotting, the general's reputation is enhanced.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about prestige, lie

If you lie on the ground, you cannot fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about lie, fall, contentment

A lie doesn't have a foot to stand on.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Moss grows on a lying stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Lying is the thief's stronghold.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, thieves

When in doubt, lie.

Proverbs and old sayings about doubt, lie

Klingons do not lie in bed.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

The hunter does not lie down with the prey.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters, lie

Truth is violated by a lie or by silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about silence, lie, truth