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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 9272 |
| AUTHOR: | Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| QUOTATION: | It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Book i. Chap. ix. Of Liars. |
| Note 1. See Sidney, Quotation 2. Mendacem memorem esse oportere (To be a liar, memory is necessary).—Quintilian: iv. 2, 91. [back] |
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