“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”

Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.
Clariste, act III, scene v.
Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)

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Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.

Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)

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French tragedian 1606–1684

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