In fact, it 's just the proper way to balk

These troublesome fellows—liars, one and all,

Are not these skeptics? Well, to baffle them,

No use in being squeamish: lie yourself!

Erect your buttress just as wide o' the line,

Your side, as they build up the wall on theirs;

Where both meet, midway in a point, is truth,

High overhead: so, take your room, pile bricks,

Lie! Oh, there 's titillation in all shame!

What snow may lose in white, snow gains in rose!