Michel de Montaigne: I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie. — Michel de Montaigne

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

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