Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.
Quotations by Phaedrus

Other quotes and quotations :

• It takes two to speak truth — one to speak, and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau
• This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. The Talmud
• Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed. William Blake
• Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is — it is her shadow. Philip James Bailey
• If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup. Turkish Proverb
• Speak the truth and shame the devil. Proverb
• Children and drunks always speak the truth. Proverb
• Slovenian Proverb
• I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. Di Cavour
• If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle