“The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.”
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer
“Lord Peter Wimsey: The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it – that is at the bottom of the ψευδῆ λέγειν ὡς δεῖ.”
— Dorothy L. Sayers, book Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night (1936)
Source: From Aristotle's Poetics: the right way to tell lies.
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