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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

About laziness-it is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.

Truth is the safest lie.

Half truth is more frightening than falsehood.

House protecting: God, bless the world and all that is therein

House protecting

God, bless the world and all that is therein.
God, bless my spouse and my children,
God, bless the eye that is in my head,
And bless, O God, the handling of my hand;
What time I rise in the morning early,
What time I...

Here Is Joy For Every Age

Here is joy for every age,
Every generation;
Prince and peasant, chief and sage,
Every tongue and nation:
Every tongue and nation,
Every rank and station
Hath today salvation,
Alle Alleluia.

When the...

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

It needs a Hundred Lies to cover a Single Lie

Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit

You've made your bed and you must lie in/on it

No deceit, no merchant.

One lie spoils a thousand truths.

Sometimes a lie is kinder than a truth.

One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.

If you lie the ancestors will punish you.

A lie has many variations, the truth none.

The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

The sweetness of a kola nut doesn't lie in its sugar content.