an.8.67 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Ignoble Expressions

“Mendicants, there are these eight ignoble expressions.
What eight?
Saying you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but you haven’t. And saying you haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and you have.
These are the eight ignoble expressions.”