Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. II
Not in the text, but added by many sources is the sentence: "It will confound your enemies and astound your friends." Compare this line to the advice attributed to Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639) to a young diplomat "to tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound his enemies." E.g., Vol 24, Encyclopedia Britannica of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 721 https://books.google.com/books?id=_GlJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq=truth+wotton+confound+advice&source=bl&ots=-cGk3UDLLj&sig=ltOR1xtI9WFic1JWKiFmIZ8Yce0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVkZCsj-jRAhXCyFQKHTmsCkAQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=truth%20wotton%20confound%20advice&f=false (9th Ed. 1894)
Following the Equator (1897)
“When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.”
“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”
“The only time they tell the truth is when they admit that they are lying.”
Possible Iran False Flag In Gulf Of Oman, With The US Already Caught In A Lie & Israel Attacks Syria, Ryan Cristian, The Last American Vagabond, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAiNqq14UF4 Video: 1 hour 14 mins, 18 secs, (13 June 2019)
Know More News About War with Iran, Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Liberty Report, soundbite from the Ron Paul Liberty Report on Adam Green's Know More News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XDoDTYhLL4 Video: 37 mins, 34 secs, (17 June 2019)
2019
“A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.”
As quoted in Commentary: The gaffer speaks, The Times, April 23, 1988.
“No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.”
Source: Heartless
“Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.”
Book IV, Chapter 6.
Books, Coningsby (1844), The Young Duke (1831)
“When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!”
Source: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
