For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone, Rushbrook, to his shame, was proficient.
– Elizabeth Inchbald
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- Lying is one of the worst of all sins and can be committed by a thought, word, or deed. Anything that is intended to deceive another person is lying. – Billy Graham
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