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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
Who lies for you will lie against you.
Who lies for you will lie against you.
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth read more
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies read more
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all read more
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and read more
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
