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It is ungentlemanly to lie; truthfulness becomes the gentleman.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about lie

A dressed up lie is worth more than a badly told truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about lie, truth

A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, children, mother, end

Better to be poor and honest than to be rich and lying.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, wealth

The bowman who is a bad marksman has a lie ready.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about lie, bad luck, bad

In this treacherous world there is neither truth nor lie; everything is like the color of the crystal through which you gaze.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about lie, truth, world

One lie can fill a sack; a second will empty it again.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, americans

The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about hunters, sleep, lie, fire, fire brigade

Deceit sleeps with greed.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, greed

The shame you cannot lift away, you had better let lie.

Proverbs and old sayings about shame, lie

A lying tongue had bereft him of life, and all without reason of right.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, reason, rightness, life

A blushing lie is better than the pale truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about lie, truth

The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about shame, lie

Truth will not make you fat but you won't choke on a lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about lie, truth

Lying pays no tax.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about lie

He who serves two masters has to lie to one.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about lie

The archer that shoots badly has a lie ready.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about lie

Tell your friends a lie; if he keeps it secret tell him the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about secret, lie, truth

He that will lie will steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about lie