“Half the truth is often a great lie.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
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“Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.”
Source: The Winner
“Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.”
Source: Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self
Source: The Last of the Wine
“You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.”
Source: House of Green Turf
“Two left-handed gloves don't make a pair. Two half-truths don't make a truth.”
Source: The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli
“Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
“A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)
“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.”
Source: The Root, the Rod and the Flower
“Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.”
Source: The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms