The Most Artistic Way to Lie

From Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein - the two most artistic ways to tell a lie.

“It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it .. but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying.”

Politicians, take note...

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Quote for the Day #2

"Never try to teach a pig to sing - it wastes your time and annoys the pig." - Lazarus Long, in Time Enough for Love by R.A. Heinlein

Quote for the Day

"You know there's no advantage to be gained by murdering idiots - it doesn't teach the idiot anything and it might give onlookers the idea that you take them seriously..." - from Halting State by Charles Stross.

Good book, so far.

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