Sprichwort

Et ut ille ait: Septem mendaciis eget unum mendacium, ut verum videatur. WA 1, 574, 39-40.

"As he saying goes, 'One lie requires seven lies to make it appear true' [46]

[46] A German proverb having its origin in law court procedure according to which the testimony of seven person in favor of the witness could be superseded through the testimony of seven other persons. Cf. Wander, Sprichwörterlexikon, III, 255, MA3 1, 502." LW 31, 158.

 Thiele no recoge este proverbio, que aparece en: Resolutiones disputationum de indulgentiarum virtute (1518).