“Which do you pay dearer for, lies or the truth?
The former costs you yourself, the latter at most your happiness.”

"Epigrams" in Sämtliche Werke, volume 6, page 365
Original: (de) Was du teurer bezahlst, die Lüge oder die Wahrheit?
Jene kostet dein Ich, diese doch höchstens dein Glück.

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German poet and dramatist 1813–1863

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