"We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."
— Hesiod

January 1, 1970

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Lines 27–28. Variant translations: — Perhaps we know to tell many fictions like to truths, and we know, when we will, to speak what is true. — We know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and we know, when we wish, to tell the truth itself.