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Children lie because of a parent's tyranny and their own weakness
Drawn from what Robert G. Ingersoll said
What Robert G. Ingersoll actually said
- Robert G. Ingersoll American lawyer and orator
A lie is born of tyranny upon the one hand and weakness upon the other, and when you rush at a poor little boy with a club in your hand, of course he lies.
Where this was said
↗The Ghosts, and Other Lectures (1876-1878)gutenberg.org
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