One For Whole

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!

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Handle With Care

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:
2021	How Learning Infections Begin
	Stay Young At Heart
2020	Policies Not People
	Just Thinking To Myself
2019	Should I Start With My Religion?
2018	Fear And Hope
	Day 33: Good News & Prep
2017	Directions
2016	Handle With Care
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?

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All Agreed, Say “Aye”

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

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Unravelling

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)

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