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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.
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies
Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
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.
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.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would read more
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you
