"One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth"
- Friedrich Nietzsche
About this Quote
Friedrich Nietzsche is recommending that even though somebody might intentionally inform a lie, their facial expression or body language might reveal the reality about their objectives or emotions. Simply put, the discomfort or pain they show when lying might be a sign of their real feelings or thoughts.
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"The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits"
