One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it; — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it; — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it; — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it; — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it; — Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it;

— Mark Twain, On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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