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Full Idea
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true.
Gist of Idea
One of their own prophets said that Cretans are always liars
Source
Anon (Titus) (17: Epistle to Titus [c.115], I.12)
Book Ref
'The Bible', ed/tr. the Church [Collins 1950], p.577
A Reaction
The classic statement of the paradox, the word 'always' being the source of the problem.