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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2295
AUTHOR:George Herbert (1593–1633)
QUOTATION:Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie;
A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Church Porch.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
And he that does one fault at first,
And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Isaac Watts: Song xv. [back]
 

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