A Quote by Robert Browning
Truth never hurt the teller.
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Truth never hurts the teller.
For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular.
Everybody is always like, 'You must be a really good liar,' and no, I'm actually a truth teller, and I'm telling someone else's truth. If I'm lying, then I'm not doing my job correctly.
But while I'd be their daughter, while I'd eat the roast and come home from dates and wash the dishes, I would also be myself. I would love my mother, but I'd never want to be her again. I would never be what someone else wanted me to be. I would never laugh at a joke I didn't think was funny. I would never tell another lie. I would be the truth-teller, starting today. That would be tough. But I was tougher.
I'm not a liar; I'm a truth teller.
But compassion is a deeper thing that waits beyond the tension of choosing sides. Compassion, in practice, does not require us to give up the truth of what we feel or the truth of our reality. Nor does it allow us to minimize the humanity of those who hurt us. Rather, we are asked to know ourselves enough that we can stay open to the truth of others, even when their truth or their inability to live up to their truth has hurt us.
The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.
The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
I hurt my toe on turf and I hurt my ankle. I never got hurt on grass.
People think you're vulnerable when you tell the truth, but it's never hurt me.
In truth, Edward Teller ran the Livermore Lab, but for public purposes he liked it better to be known as only an associate director
Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.
I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.' What's that?' I...trust you.' Why?' You'll never hurt me.' Thank you.' But...' But, what?' I said, 'That means I'll hurt you.' Why?' 'Cause, like I said, you'll never hurt me back.
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