There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.
—Thomas Sowell, 2013
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.
—Flannery O'Connor, 1979
Two is not equal to three, not even for the largest value of two.
—Anonymous
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He who has no good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1595
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of
our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
—George Crabbe, 1816
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!
—Walter Scott, 1808
By a lie, a man throws away and, if it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
—Immanuel Kant, 1790
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth, makes himself the accomplice
of liars and forgers.
—Charles Péguy, 1899
Show me a liar, and I’ll show you a thief.
—European proverb
To be believable, a lie should be patched with truth.
—Danish proverb
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
—Alfred Tennyson, 1864
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy.
—William Hazlitt, 1823
Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state.
—Anton Chekhov, 1888
Hypocrisy is the vice of vices […] Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
—Hannah Arendt, 1963
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The so-called Grabel’s Law, based on a somewhat different joke by Arvin Grabel.
98
On Speech and Silence, Truth and Lies
—Thomas Sowell, 2013
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.
—Flannery O'Connor, 1979
Two is not equal to three, not even for the largest value of two.
—Anonymous
16
He who has no good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1595
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of
our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
—George Crabbe, 1816
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!
—Walter Scott, 1808
By a lie, a man throws away and, if it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
—Immanuel Kant, 1790
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth, makes himself the accomplice
of liars and forgers.
—Charles Péguy, 1899
Show me a liar, and I’ll show you a thief.
—European proverb
To be believable, a lie should be patched with truth.
—Danish proverb
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
—Alfred Tennyson, 1864
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy.
—William Hazlitt, 1823
Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state.
—Anton Chekhov, 1888
Hypocrisy is the vice of vices […] Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
—Hannah Arendt, 1963
***
16
The so-called Grabel’s Law, based on a somewhat different joke by Arvin Grabel.
98
On Speech and Silence, Truth and Lies