“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.” KnowsMeanDoeLyingReligionOrderSpeakLeadershipDestructionMereLawyerLiarsPortionsDeceivingDeceptiveCraftsman Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The minute you read something and you can't understand it, you can be sure it was written by a lawyer. Then, if you give it to another lawyer to read and he don't know just what it means, then you can be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer. If it's in a few words and is plain, and understandable only one way, it was written by a non-lawyer.” IfsKnowsWayGivingMeanWrittenMinutesLawyerOne WayFew Words Book:Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931 Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931
“I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible.” MeanTwoWholeHalfDoubtImpossibleEqualMathematicsMathProofLawyerMathematicalProgrammingMathematicianMathematical Proof Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss