A single betrayal, revealed at the proper time, can retrospectively poison a man’s whole life.
Aug 272020
Lying
To a quite unwreckable Lie,
To a most impeccable Lie!
To a water-tight, fire-proof, angle-iron, sunk-hinge, time-lock, steel-faced Lie!
Not a private hansom Lie,
But a pair-and-brougham Lie,
Not a little-place-at-Tooting, but a country-house-with-shooting
And a ring-fence-deer-park Lie.
—-Kipling
Aug 202020
Censorship, n. Official liars unionizing to keep out competition.
Aug 122020
I respect pretense, which suggests shame.
Jun 252020
To live with lies is, eventually, to live by them.
Jun 112020
Some lies help you succeed, and some truths help you fail.
May 262020
In good prose lies sound unnatural.
May 152020
A truth it profits no one to reveal never will be.
Apr 172020
As the short way to evil is to try to look good, so the short way to stupid is to try to look clever.
Jan 092020
Sixty years ago we were repressed, and there were a few things it was dangerous to say. Today we are liberated, and there are a great many.
Dec 252019
There are no noble lies, but useful myths abound.