John Tillotson - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

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Tillotson, John. The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson. Vol. 4, Richard Priestley, 1820, p. 10.

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