“Make not Christ a liar in distrusting His promise.”
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) Scottish Reformed theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 594.
“The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.”
Source: Billy Sunday Quotes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAfeTcqGTJA / www.famousquotes.com
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“I've done it, be of good cheer.”
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Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 18; translated by Peter Bondanella
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
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