Half truth Quote by William Mathews

Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.

— William Mathews

Few maxims are true in every respect.

— Anonymous

Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.

— Mason Cooley

It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses.…

— James Richardson

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly…

— Joseph Joubert

“Even hackneyed and commonplace maxims are to be used, if they suit one's purpose: just because they are commonplace, every one seems to agree…

— Aristotle

“...the opposite of every truth is just as true! That is to say, any truth can only be expressed and put into words when…

— Hermann Hesse

Proverb is a pro-power to curb or minimize follies and maximize happiness in life.

— Anuj Somany

“If only [people] understood that every thought is both false and true! False by one-sidenedness resulting from man's inability to embrace the whole truth,…

— Leo Tolstoy

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

— Aldous Huxley

“A half truth is a whole lie. —Jewish proverb I”

— Jane Healey

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

— Anonymous