“All truth is simple… is that not doubly a lie?”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.”
Source: Short fiction, To Rescue Tanelorn... (1962), p. 474
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