كثيرًا ما يحدث أنّ الكذبة إذا صُدّقت ساعةً واحدة، فقد أدّت مهمّتها، ولم تعد هناك حاجةٌ إليها.

“It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.”Jonathan Swift — The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author (1859)