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to lie

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The frame wearied with labours lies prostrate on the ground, but it is no penalty to lie down with Christ. Your limbs unbathed, are foul and disfigured with filth and dirt; but within they are spiritually cleansed, although without the flesh is defiled. Cyprian

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Oliver Herford

Pain forces even the innocent to lie. Publilius Syrus

When the bed breaks, there is the ground to lie on. Hindi Proverb

It is better to be lied about than to lie. American Proverb

A mirror doesn't know how to lie. Haitian Proverb

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