A boaster and liar are first-cousins.
“A boaster and a liar are first cousins.”
Exaggeration and dishonesty are close relatives; one often leads to the other.
— Traditional Bahamas Wisdom, Bahamas
Source: Traditional Bahamas proverb, public-domain oral tradition (recorded by H.H. Finlay, Eleuthera, 1925)
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