Cretans

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    [The Cretans have] more wit than words.
    Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
    —Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Titus, 1:12.

    Cited by Paul, this remark is attributed to Epimenides.