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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8426 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8426
AUTHOR:Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.)
QUOTATION:We know to tell many fictions like to truths, and we know, when we will, to speak what is true.
ATTRIBUTION:The Theogony. Line 27.