About honesty
…many believe that by being honest and open they are winning people’s hearts and showing their good nature. They are greatly deluded. Honesty is actually a blunt instrument, which bloodies more than it cuts. Your honesty is likely to offend people; it is much more prudent to tailor your words, telling people what they want to hear rather than the coarse and ugly truth of what you feel or think.
Robert Greene “The 48 laws of power” (page 20, Law 3)
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Posted on September 2nd, 2008 under Chapters • Tags: folly, honesty, keys to power. •
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September 4th, 2008 at 6:22 am
That is so true. Also there is more than one way of saying the truth. The truth can be sugar coated or at least slightly sweetend to make it more pleasant …
And let’s face it, sometimes is just better not to say anything at all.