Katharine Fullerton Gerould Quotes About Lying
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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
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On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.
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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. You could ignore a subject; no subject is all-inclusive. But a method can plausibly be applied to anything within the field of consciousness.
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It is not permissible to lie merely to save one's face. But it is sometimes permissible to lie to save another person's face.
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I know exaggerators of both kinds: people whose lies are only picturesque adjectives, and people whose picturesque adjectives are only lies.
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