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The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.

The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.

Isaac Asimov
Lying, Used
Isaac Asimov (2012). “Foundation's Edge”, p.239, Spectra

Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth.

Isaac Asimov
Lying, Reputation, Telling The Truth

Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete

Isaac Asimov
Truth, Lying, Theory
Isaac Asimov (1989). “Asimov on science: a 30-year retrospective”, Doubleday Books

Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed.

Isaac Asimov
Lying, Succeed, Ashamed
Isaac Asimov (2004). “Second Foundation”, p.96, Spectra

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