He would never have told or acted a lie on his own account.

他绝不会为了自己说谎或撒谎。

Sometimes, he was a very comfortable person to live with, for all his unfortunate habit of not permitting anyone in his presence to act a lie, palm off a pretense or indulge in bombast.

和他一起生活，有时是很愉快的，虽然他有个怪毛病，不许别人在他面前扯谎、夸夸其谈，或装模作样。