Careful Words

liar (n.)

liar (adj.)

Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But never doubt I love.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.

  Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but a type of thee, thou liar of the first magnitude.

William Congreve (1670-1729): Love for Love. Act ii. Sc. 5.