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Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.

Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.

Sydney J. Harris
Truth, Honesty, Lying
Sydney J. Harris (1982). “Pieces of Eight”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

Sydney J. Harris
Truth, Discovery, Tools
Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.

Sydney J. Harris
Running, Truth, Honesty
Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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