That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies;
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright;
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- The Grandmother, Stanza 8
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright;
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
-- The Grandmother, Stanza 8
Related:
- Half the truth is often a
great lie... - Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth
--... - A half-truth is a whole lie.
Jewish... - Truth is the safest lie.
Yiddish... - Half the truth is often a great lie."
--
Benjamin Franklin (1706... - A lie that can be passed off as truth becomes
truth... - And after all, what is a lie? 'T is but
The truth in masquerade.
Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Don Juan, Canto xi, Stanza... - Sin has many tools,
but a lie is the handle which fits them all...
