“Everyone admits that “the truth hurts” but no one applies this adage to himself — and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie.” — Sydney J. Harris, On the Contrary
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Tag: lies
Quote of the Day
“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” — Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 15, 1710 November 2 to November 9
Quote of the Day
“A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Lyric of the Day — December 26th 2014
“Such are promises, all lies and jest,
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest” — Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, The Concert in Central Park (1981)
Quote of the Day
“For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” — John F. Kennedy, Yale University Commencement Address (11 June 1962)
Quote of the Day
“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.” — Robert Louis Stevenson, Truth of Intercourse, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
Quote of the Day
“The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.” — Marco Tempest, The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
