“He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.”

— Michel De Montaigne

Book I, Ch. 9
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Variant: He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
Variant: It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

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(1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, … 1533–1592

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