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Thursday, August 26, 2004
Pliny the Elder on the Swift Boat Controversy
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 8.34.82:
There's no lie so outrageous but that someone can be found to swear it's true.
nullum tam impudens mendacium est, ut teste careat.