“It’s always better to tell a half-truth than a half-lie.”
Ben Aaronovitch book Moon Over Soho
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 277)
“The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
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“One is always half mad when one is shy of people.”
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Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
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Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Source: Anonymous reader point out that quote appears on internet from 2015. Rumi, having died in the 1200s, when the first mention of this quote was around 2015.
“Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
To the Young People's Society, Greenpoint Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn (February 16, 1901).
Variant: Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
“Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.”
Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990) American publisher
As quoted in Clean Your House & Everything In It (1982) by Eugenia Chapman and Jill C. Major, p. 100
“Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis