Jewish Proverb - A half truth is a whole lie.

A half truth is a whole lie.

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Half a truth is often a great lie.

See {115604} for a similar sentiment from England.

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See Ben Franklin for an earlier similar sentiment {465143}.

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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

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A lie cannot live.

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A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end.

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A falsehood, to have its full and lasting effect, must contain a fraction of a grain of truth.

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