“Literature that hurts is often the one that best tells a complex truth.”
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José Baroja 158
Chilean author and editor 1983Related quotes
οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων
φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
Nemean 5, line 16-8; page 222. (483 BC?)
Source: 1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
“We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.”
Saepe aliud volumus, aliud optamus, et verum ne dis quidem dicimus.
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCV: On the usefulness of basic principles, Line 2.
“… it's always best to tell the truth.”
The Gardener (1925) .
Other works
The Age of Uncertainty (1977), BBC Television series (also published in book form, non verbatim version)
“Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.”
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LIX
Following the Equator (1897)