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Benjamin Franklin Quotes about Lying

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Half the truth is often a great lie.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.90, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.291, Barnes & Noble Publishing

But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.301

Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.

Letter to Georgiana Shipley, 26 Sept. 1772.

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.40, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.