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“It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.”

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Book:The Absolute Sandman

Source: The Absolute Sandman

“I tried to put a bird in a cage. O fool that I am! For the bird was Truth. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put Truth in a cage!”

Truth Fool Bird Cages

Book:William Carlos Williams

Source: William Carlos Williams

“Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it, may be cunning, but they are not able. Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.”

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Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters

“It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth at all. Character is as necessary in business as in trade. No man can deceive often in either.”

Men Hard Whole Character Truth Fool Trade Deceiving Whole Truth

Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.”

World Made Truth Fool Foe Knaves

Author:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”

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Book:The Notebooks of Samuel Butler

Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler

“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.”

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Author:Otto von Bismarck

“I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.”

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Book:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the Journal of John Woolman, Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”

Ends Truth Pieces Cutting Fool Moron

Book:Assassin's Apprentice: The Farseer Trilogy

Source: Assassin's Apprentice: The Farseer Trilogy