Assertion: liar | /r/CapableOf | rejoice in deceit
Facets:
value: for its own sake
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: These, differ from the class in which we have placed liars in this respect, that liars delight in lying, rejoicing in deceit for its own sake: but these lust to please by agreeable talk, and yet would rather please by saying things that were true, but when they do not easily find true things to say that are pleasant to the hearers, they choose rather to tell lies than to hold their tongues.