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"Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny."
Hamlet

"One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives."

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
The Bible, Exodus 20:16, the Ninth Commandment (New International Version)

"You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own mother."

"If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!"
The Bible, Matthew 10

"It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and a single rumor to destroy it."
Proverbial

"[T]hey have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves."

Ray: You told people I lured children into my gingerbread house.
Homer: Heheheheh. Yeah, that was just a lie.

"When you hear reports that the Hero has been involved in some illicit activity, remain skeptical; it's probably a Frame-Up. "

"You're lying! I never hit you! YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!"
Johnny, The Room (2003)

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