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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an arg

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

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Stephen Leacock

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I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. – Henry David Thoreau

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I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more. – Lindsey Buckingham

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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