ALL MEN ARE LIARS
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ALL MEN ARE LIARS
Thackeray was fond of telling the story of two men relating their adventures. One of them had told his companion something as having happened to him which was extremely improbable; the other capped it by a statement still more outrageous. "What a liar you must be, Jack," said his friend, to which he replied, "Well, we are telling lies, aren't we?"