“That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies,

That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,

But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.”

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892),

“The Grandmother” (1864)

New York Rep. George Santos (R-3rd District), was arrested on May 10 and charged in the U.S. District Court of New York with 13 criminal counts, including wire fraud, public money theft, money laundering and lying to Congress.

Source: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations