In this veteran presence I naturally enter upon this theme with diffidence it is like an old maid trying to teach nursery matters to the mothers in Israel. No high-minded man, no man of right feeling, can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying of the present day without grieving to see a noble art so prostituted. My complaint simply concerns the decay of the art of lying. No high-minded man, no man of right feeling, can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying of the present day without grieving to see a noble art so prostituted.Observe, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruption-no, for the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle, is eternal the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend, is immortal, and cannot perish from the earth while this club remains. Observe, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any decay or interruption-no, for the Lie, as a Virtue, A Principle, is eternal the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend, is immortal, and cannot perish from the earth while this club remains. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING *** ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYINGīy Mark Twain ESSAY, FOR DISCUSSION, READ AT A MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN CLUB OF HARTFORD, AND OFFERED FOR THE THIRTY-DOLLAR PRIZE. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: On the Decay of the Art of Lying This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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