Truth is the safest lie.

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• Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
  Yiddish...
• A half-truth is a whole lie.
  Jewish...
• Better a lie that soothes than a truth that hurts.
  Czech...
• A snake deserves no pity.
  Yiddish...
• Worries go down better with soup. --
  Yiddish...
• A lie that can be passed off as truth becomes
  truth...
• Half the truth is often a
  great lie...
• Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
  Yiddish...
• If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides. --
  Old Yiddish...