Great historical minds on the importance of being truthful, or not
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Saturday May 4, 2013
Great historical minds on the importance of being truthful, or not
“ONE per cent of people will always be honest and never steal,” the locksmith said. “Another one per cent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the rest will be honest as long as the conditions are right but if they are tempted enough, they’ll be dishonest too. Locks won’t protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. They will only protect you from the mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock.”
Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone Especially Ourselves
Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.
The late King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
Plato
“It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying.”
Marcel Proust, Sodom and Gomorrah
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.”
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher In The Rye
“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
Al Pacino
“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
Susan Eloise, The Outsiders
Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognise the utility of what is not.
Lao Tzu
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