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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.
[Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and read more
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
There is a cunning which we in England call the turning of the
cat in the pan.
Attitudes are more important than facts.
Attitudes are more important than facts.
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein
men find pleasure to be deceived.
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein
men find pleasure to be deceived.
A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.
A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
A sheep in sheep's clothing.
