One of my favourite scenes in DS9

Garak: Why is it no one ever believes me, even when I'm telling the truth?

Dr. Bashir: Have you ever heard the story about the boy who cried wolf?

Garak: No.

Dr. Bashir: It's a children's story. About a young shepherd boy who gets lonely while tending his flock, so he cries out to the villagers that a wolf is attacking the sheep. The people come running, but of course there's no wolf. He claims that it's run away and the villagers praise him for his vigilance

Garak: Clever lad, charming story.

Dr. Bashir: I'm not finished. The next day the boy does it again and the next too. And on the fourth day a wolf really comes, the boy cries out at the top of his lungs, but the villagers ignore him and the boy and his flock are gobbled up.

Garak: Well that's a little graphic for children, wouldn't you say?

Dr. Bashir: The point is; if you lie all the time, nobody's going to believe you even when you're telling the truth.

Garak: Are you sure that's the point, Doctor?

Dr. Bashir: Of course, what else could it be?

Garak: That you should never tell the same lie twice.

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