A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Truth, at the wrong time, can be dangerous.
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
At the end of the day, I believe truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.
Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.