“We know how to tell many believable lies,
But also, when we want to, how to speak the plain truth.”
Stanley Lombardo (1943) Philosopher, Classicist
Theogony, lines 28–29
Translations, Works and Days and Theogony (1993)
“The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
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