Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+)
“[W]hat on earth induces many people to be so keen on lying that they love to talk utter nonsense themselves, and they pay particular attention to those who do the same?”
- From Lucian’s Lovers of Lies or the Sceptic (section 1), translated in Selected Dialogues by C. D. N. Costa. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World Classics), 2005, 2006, 2009.
