I love this.  My dad used to say this and I’ve done my best to live by these words my whole life.  Never knew it was Mark Twain.
He used to add, the part about truth setting you free.
—I guess this is an example of “convergent evolution.”

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 I tell people I’m not smart enough to lie. I can’t remember lies but truth is easy.