Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!Meaning Tell the truth, even when tempted to lie. Origin The preacher Hugh Latimer recorded this as a 'common saying' as early as 1555, in his Twenty Seven Sermons:
Shakespeare also used the expression in Henry IV. Part I, 1597:
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