Summary: Listen to episode 7 of the Inspirational Living Podcast: The Decline of the Art of Lying, edited & adapted from a satirical essay on lying by Mark Twain.<br> <br> <br><br><strong>Transcript Excerpt: </strong><em>Let me begin by clarifying that when I say the art of lying is in decline, I do not mean to suggest that the custom of lying has suffered any interruption—no, for the Lie, as a Virtue, a Principle, is eternal; the Lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend, is immortal, and cannot perish from the earth while the human species remains. </em>
