It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.


Book I, ch. 9. Of Liars - Essais (1595) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

It is not without good reason said, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.