Phil. Is there any Author that teaches the Art of Lying?
Pseud. Your Rhetoricians have instructed in the best Part of the Art.
Phil. These indeed present us with the Art of well speaking.
Pseud. True: and the good Part of speaking well, is to lie cleverly.
Phil. What is clever Lying?
Pseud. Would you have me define it?
Phil. I would have you do it.
Pseud. It is to lie so, that you may get Profit by it, and not be caught in a Lie.
Phil. But a great many are caught in lying every Day.
Pseud. That's because they are not perfect Masters of the Art.