Distinction Between Lying and Half-Truths by Alexander McCall Smith
“There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.”
Alexander McCall Smith
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Eddie Adams Quote on the Power of Still Photographs
“Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths.”
Eddie Adams
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth – Austin O’Malley
“It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.”
Austin O’Malley
Jacques Martin Barzun on Morality and Intellect
“The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense and half-truth without cease ends by destroying Intellect”
Jacques Martin Barzun
Half-truths are more insidious – Samuel Phillips Huntington
“Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.”
Samuel Phillips Huntington
Khalil Gibran: Excess in the Fight Against Evil
“In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people’s wrath.”
Khalil Gibran
The best lies are always at least partially true – Laurell Kaye Hamilton
“The best lies are always at least partially true.”
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
Quote by Andrea Bocelli – Perseverance and Destiny
“Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.”
Andrea Bocelli
Quote by Andrea Bocelli on Silence and Noise Pollution
“Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence is more important than ever, as life today is full of noise. We speak a lot about environmental pollution but not enough about noise pollution.”
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli Quote About Courage and Life Decisions
“A young pregnant wife has been hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors had to apply ice to her stomach and when the treatments ended the doctors suggested that she abort the child, they told her it was the ‘best solution’ because the baby would be born with some disability but the young brave wife decided not to abort, and the child was born. That woman was my Mother and I was the child.”
Andrea Bocelli