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Attributed in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 5. [tr. Mensch (2018)] - Aristotle | WIST Quotations
When asked what people gain by telling likes, he replied, "That when they tell the truth they are not believed." [ἐρωτηθεὶς τί περιγίνεται κέρδος τοῖς ψευδομένοις, "ὅταν," ἔφη, "λέγωσιν ἀληθῆ, μὴ πιστεύεσθαι."] Original Greek. Alternate translations: He was once asked, what those who tell lies gain by it; “They gain…