Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
— Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes (1939)
Tag Archives: honesty
It’s Still Lying
Even if what you say is technically true, if you knowingly leave a false impression, you are a liar
Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating truth.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria
Never Be Offended
Never be offended by an honest opinion:- If the person is correct, then you have no room to complain,
- and if they’re wrong, then it’s irrelevant, no threat anyway.
— Kaz Vorpal, But Now You Know, 2009
Humor is the Best Defense <- Horace
What stops a man who can laugh from speaking the truth?
– Horace, cited in P.J. O’Rourke’s book Parliament of Whores
Words of the Sentient 