“It takes a good memory to keep up a lie.”

—  Pierre Corneille , The Liar

Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti.
Cliton, act IV, scene v
Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)

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Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti.

Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)

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