Half Truth Quotes

65 quotes by 59 authors

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. — Stephen Leacock
There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil. — Alfred North Whitehead
We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,â€ Say nothing but… — Spencer W. Kimball
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies. — Mark Twain
Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is that… — Neil Gaiman
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I knew I had to keep him to myself, as I'd slowly begun to keep everything. We had secrets now, truths and half-truths, that kept… — Sarah Dessen
Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps… — Haruki Murakami
Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.â€ â€œThatâ€™s a lie.â€ â€œNo. Itâ€™s just a half truth. You… — Orson Scott Card
Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts. — Robert Jordan
In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or… — Christopher Hitchens
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Half-truths are worth more than outright lies. — George R. R. Martin
You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best. — Kate Atkinson
The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and… — E. P. Thompson
There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths. — Alfred North Whitehead
Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture — Arthur Koestler
A half-truth is a whole lie — Yiddish Proverb
A half truth, is a Whole ass Lie!! — Advice Therapy
A Half TRUTH is still just a Pig with lipstick on. — Marv Stark

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