“89. All truths are not to be told.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633Related quotes

“A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.”
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 53

“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”

“If the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.”
Re: Evolution (24 June 1994) This is derived from a statement of William Blake: "Truth cannot be told, so as to be understood, and not be believ'd."
Variant: If the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.