The Best Lie Is a Half Truth

– The Sin of Omission Is Worse Than a Lie

Dean J Murphy
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)
4 min readSep 17, 2021

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An outright lie is often seen for exactly what it is — a lie. What you need to be careful of, is the half-truth that is told. It is a lie without lying. Give a person only half the story. If that half is technically true, what follows will likely be believed, no matter how outrageous the claim.

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Dean J Murphy
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Former US Army soldier turned online entrepreneur — trying to change the way we work, one person at a time.