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2572	Twain, Mark	On the Decay of the Art of Lying			.txt	text/plain	2286	129	78	time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest lie is often as ineffectual as the truth. with an habitual truth-teller; but thank goodness none of us has to. voice, saying, "We made sixteen calls and found fourteen of them out" I think that all this courteous lying is a sweet and loving art, and injurious truth lest his soul be not saved if he do otherwise, should An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the matter and said, "I have made a rule of my life to never tell a lie; and hospital people sent to you by the hand of the sick-nurse when she came fault to find in that matter." She said, "Oh, was that a lie? been cruel." I said, "One ought always to lie, when one can do good by She could have said, "In one respect this sick-nurse is perfection--when	./cache/2572.txt	./txt/2572.txt