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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDuers, lend me your education, erudition, etc. Is there a famous quote
that essentially says:
The liar always suspects other people of lying. The cheater always suspects
other people of cheating.
There must be one...
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Duers, lend me your education, erudition, etc. Is there a famous quote (Original Post)
raccoon
Aug 2015
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antiquie
(4,299 posts)1. kinda sorta
Last edited Fri Aug 7, 2015, 08:56 PM - Edit history (1)
The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
― George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism
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Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)2. It sort of relates to "that's the pot calling the kettle black."
But I think you're looking for something else.
Sanity Claws
(21,862 posts)3. He who smelled it, dealt it
This doesn't seem to qualify as a sign of erudition. Sorry about that.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)4. A similar one
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)5. Spanish proverb: Lions think everybody roars. nt
countryjake
(8,554 posts)6. A fox smells his own hole?
That was my mother's favorite comeback whenever anyone tried to accuse her of something unfairly. It's an old saying that isn't heard much anymore and not many even understand now, when it is used.