I do not like an injurious lie, except when it injures somebody else. …

Mark Twain
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I do not like an injurious lie, except when it injures somebody else. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.100, Book Tree
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I do not like an injurious lie, except when it injures somebody else. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.100, Book Tree

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