"It is not worth while to strain..." - Quote by Mark Twain
It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.
More by Mark Twain
“I am able to say that while I am not ruggedly well, I am not ill enough to excite an undertaker.”
“Experience, the only logic sure to convince a diseased imagination and restore it to rugged health.”
“If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.”
More on Truth
“Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.”
“Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?”
“This is a time, when there seems to be a particular need for friends of wisdom and truth to join together.”
More on Communication
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
“I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.”
“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”