Henry Ward Beecher: A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very…
A lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is very soon sucked up and gone. And just as soon as a man is known to lie, he is like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well. He can not touch bottom at all.
In today’s wordsA lie is a very short wick in a very small lamp. The oil of reputation is soon sucked up and gone. As soon as someone is known to lie, they're like a two-foot pump in a hundred-foot well; they can't touch bottom at all.
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