
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“It’s always better to tell a half-truth than a half-lie.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 277)
“4970. They say so, is half a Lie.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
" The Grandmother http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson/14415", st. 8 (1864)
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Variant: A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"The Fish Gate" sermon (September 2, 2007)
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), The Lady of the Land