We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Truly men hate the truth; they'd liefer meet a tiger on the road.
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
What ails the truth is that it is mainly uncomfortable, and often dull. The human mind seeks something more amusing, and more caressing.
It isn't that the lies are too beautiful to resist. It's that the truth is too hideous to face.
What governs men is the fear of truth.
People don't want to hear bad news. They don't want their institutions criticized.
