One lie will destroy a whole reputation for integrity. | |
— Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ | |
(better known as Baltasar Gracián) | |
[Happy New Fiscal Year, everybody! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | A Good Present |
2014 | And Your Point Is? |
2013 | Our Never-Ending Task |
Furloughed | |
2012 | More Mature Than I Thought |
2011 | Outlaw’s Music |
Can Do! | |
Posts Tagged ‘On Lies’
One For Whole
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Baltasar Gracián, Baltasar Gracián y Morales SJ, My Journal, On Integrity, On Lies, Quotes on October 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Handle With Care
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Henry Ward Beecher, My Journal, On Lies, Quotes on August 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true. | |
— Henry Ward Beecher | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Nothing But Pride |
2014 | Go |
2013 | Well, Does It? |
2012 | Near Misses Aren’t Successes |
2011 | Uncomfortable Feelings |
2010 | San Francisco (favorites)… |
Bullets or Butter? | |
All Agreed, Say “Aye”
Posted in History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Napoléon Bonaparte, On History, On Lies, Philosophy, Quotes on May 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
History is a set of lies agreed upon. | |
— Napoleon Bonaparte | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Two Books, Two Movies |
Just Because | |
2012 | God’s Requirements |
2011 | Greater Purity |
Unravelling
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dorothy Allison, Mark Twain, On Lies, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on August 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. | |
― Dorothy Allison | |
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies. | |
― Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | I Resolve |
2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
2009 | Phoenix Trip (July ’09) |