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title: "19 Tell Half Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Tell Half quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Tell Half sayings and thoughts."
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> [There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/there-are-some-occasions-when-a-man-must-tell-half-his-secret-in/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-women-talk-too-much-but-even-then-we-don-t-tell-half-what-we-know/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Tell me half a cup’s worth of story and we’ll call it a night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/tell-me-half-a-cup-s-worth-of-story-and-we-ll-call-it-a-night/)

[Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/)

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> [“I stared up at him, thinking it was way too soon to tell him I was already half in love with him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-erickson/i-stared-up-at-him-thinking-it-was-way-too-soon-to-tell-him-i-was/)

[Megan Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-erickson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/megan-erickson-2059_half_i-stared-up-at-him-thinking-it-was-way-t_3038979.jpg)

> [It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-helps/it-is-a-weak-thing-to-tell-half-your-story-and-then-ask-your-friend-s/)

[Arthur Helps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-helps/)

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> [Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us about ourselves, nor half the bad they say of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-petit-senn/let-us-believe-neither-half-of-the-good-people-tell-us-about/)

[Jonathan Petit Senn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-petit-senn/)

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> [Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-vigneault/guys-i-don-t-want-to-tell-you-half-truths-unless-they-re-completely/)

[Alain Vigneault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-vigneault/)

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> [“He must tell his own story.' 'But he will tell only half of it.' 'A quarter would be enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/he-must-tell-his-own-story-but-he-will-tell-only-half-of-it-a-quarter/)

[Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/)

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> [It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/it-sometimes-seemed-to-him-that-for-love-to-work-it-had-to-be-fair/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

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> [There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/there-are-some-occasions-in-which-a-man-must-tell-half-his-secret-in/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [“It sometime occurred to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/it-sometime-occurred-to-him-that-for-love-to-work-it-had-to-be-fair/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

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> [It's funny, every time I tell someone that I am half Italian, it sounds to me like I'm at subway ordering a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-funny-every-time-i-tell-someone-that-i-am-half-italian-it-sounds/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest; but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanhope/there-are-some-occasions-in-which-a-man-must-tell-half-his-secret-in-2/)

[Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanhope/)

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> [Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-osler/gentlemen-i-have-a-confession-to-make-half-of-what-we-have-taught-you/)

[William Osler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-osler/)

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> [Say what you mean and mean what you say. Dont expect others to read your mind, and dont play games with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-pajaron/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say-dont-expect-others-to-read/)

[Jenny\_pajaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-pajaron/)

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> [Some people are so special, so beautiful and have so much to offer this world. Sad thing is they just don’t see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-mero/some-people-are-so-special-so-beautiful-and-have-so-much-to-offer/)

[Marc Mero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-mero/)

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> [“When we tell half-truths in an attempt to maintain social norms and values, we risk losing both our integrity and the maintenance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptera-hunter/when-we-tell-half-truths-in-an-attempt-to-maintain-social-norms-and/)

[Ptera Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptera-hunter/)

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> [Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't expect others to read your mind, and don't play games with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say-don-t-expect-others-to-read/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-us-believe-neither-half-of-the-good-people-tell-us-of-ourselves/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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