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Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.
Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.
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.
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies read more
There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.
Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.