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Truth, Half Truth & a Lie

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
~William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence," Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us.  But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
~Tad Williams

The truth is more important than the facts.
~Frank Lloyd Wright

Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.
~Mark Van Doren, Liberal Education, 1943

A little candor never leaves me.  It is what protects me.
~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.  Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
~Oscar Wilde

Always tell the truth.  If you can't always tell the truth, don't lie.
~Author Unknown

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