Half Truth Quotes

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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book… — Graydon Carter
The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate. — Alain Vigneault
In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of… — Khalil Gibran
We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth. — Eric Hoffer
If people depend on me to be a man of truth, I have to prove again and again and again and again that I am… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science. — Alfred North Whitehead
He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know… — Erwin Chargaff
Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion. — Langston Hughes
A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality. — Solon
Those who donâ€™t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose… — Thomas Jefferson
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense… — Jacques Barzun
Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that… — Hugh B. Brown
[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an… — G. Edward Griffin
It is either a half-truth or a truth and a half. — Karl Kraus
The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor. — Washington Allston
God hates the LUKEWARM GOSPEL OF HALF-TRUTHS that is now spreading over the Globe. This gospel says, 'Just believe in Jesus and you'll be Saved.… — David Wilkerson
Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths. — Eddie Adams
An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half. — Shailer Mathews

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