"Never exaggerate. Never say more than you..." - Quote by C S Lewis
Never exaggerate. Never say more than you really mean.
More by C S Lewis
“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.”
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defence against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”
“There is only one way fit for a man - Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand.”
More on Honesty
“I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.”
“Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.”
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
More on Truth
“Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend.”
“We possess art lest we perish of the truth.”
“'Warm in December, cold in June, you say?'I don't suppose the water's changed at all.You and I know enough to know it's warmCompared with cold, and cold compared with warm.But all the fun's in how you say a thing.”