When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.
Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
Half a truth is often a great lie.
A half-truth is usually less than half of that.
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.