[Ads-l] Saying: If you stop telling lies about us we will stop telling the truth about you

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The expression in the subject line is an instance from a family of
sayings that are analyzed in a new article on the Quote Investigator
website:

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/06/09/stop-lies/

Several researchers have explored this topic, e.g., Suzy Platt, Ralph
Keyes, Nigel Rees, Fred Shapiro, and Barry Popik.

The QI article contains new earlier citations including the first
direct nineteenth century evidence showing Chauncey Depew used the
saying.

No doubt the results can be further improved.

Garson

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