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LIES, gentlemen, villanous as ever the malice of hell invented, and which, to do you justice, not one of you believes, though you would have the mob believe them.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “LIES, gentlemen, villanous as ever the malice of hell invented, and which, to do you justice, not one of you believes…”
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Franklin condemns the lies spread by malicious individuals, asserting that they are not believed by those who spread them.
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