As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear …

William James
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As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors. ✨ William James (1985). The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.284, Harvard University Press
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