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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Stephen Leacock
Trust, Half, Bricks
Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.179, University of Toronto Press
A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.