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Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.

Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Don't Lie, Whole
"'Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia' ('The Art of Worldly Wisdom')". Book by Baltasar Gracián, Maxim 181, 1647.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Sleep, Awake At Night
Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.86, Shambhala Publications

Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one. Let your greatest cunning lie in covering up what looks like cunning.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Live For Today, Covering

To overvalue something is a form of lying.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Form
"The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián. Maxim 41, 1647.

The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

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Liars, Lying, Believe
"The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Book by Baltasar Gracián. Maxim 154, 1647.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Knowledge, Knowing

Exaggeration is a branch of lying.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Exaggeration Is, Branches

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

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Truth, Integrity, Lying
"The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.

Baltasar Gracian
Lying, Perfect, Quality

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