A Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Falsehoods border on truths.
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Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.
There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other
Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.
Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.
Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.
The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.
Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.
There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.
'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
If believing absurd falsehoods increase the odds of getting laid or avoiding predators, your brain will believe those falsehoods with all its metaphorical little heart.
As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.
Malice, in its false witness, promotes its tale with so cunning a confusion, so mingles truths with falsehoods, surmises with certainties, causes of no moment with matters capital, that the accused can absolutely neither grant nor deny, plead innocen.
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men are capable of holding two offices. Take mankind in general, they are vicious, their passions may be operated upon. We have been taught to reprobate the danger of influence in the British government, without duly reflecting how far it was necessary to support a good government. We have taken up many ideas upon trust, and at last, pleased with our own opinions, establish them as undoubted truths.
Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend and step off before it is discredited.
Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and once uttered are sullenly supported.
I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land. The border is longing: when both have fallen in love but still haven't said anything. The border is to be on the way. It is the way that is the most important thing.
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