There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all.
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.
Usually we are saying only part of the truth.
As long as a teaser saves some things, that's good.
The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.
The Politician uses the language of diplomacy of which he is a master, and it consists in telling some of the truth without necessarily exhausting it.
But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leaving out, because there's still stuff I'm just not going to tell you. Get used to it.
What I've learned is that the most troublesome people don't tell you 100% of the story, and keep some facts to themselves. They just don't give you the full picture, and that's very worrisome to me.
Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent.
I don't tell everything. I want the reader to have the feeling that maybe they know the whole truth, but they don't.
