HALF A TRUTH IS OFTEN A GREAT LIE

A lie is a statement which is inaccurate and untrue with an intent to mislead and deceive. A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.The classic story about blind men and an elephant. Each blind man touches a different part of the elephant and reaches a different conclusion about the nature of the elephant; while each man's experience of the elephant is accurate, none of them have a full understanding of the nature of the beast. One may be touching the tail and believe that the elephant is long and thin, another may be touching the belly and say that it is round and big.Telling only half the truth, is like lying by omission. When you leave out part of the truth, then your listener can draw incorrect conclusions, and that can be worse than an outright lie. By telling part of the truth, you may very well be trying to deceive someone. "You should not trust Peter with your children. I once saw him smack a child with his open hand." In this example the statement could be true, but Peter may have slapped the child on the back because he was choking. A person deceived by a half truth considers the suggestion to be knowledge and acts accordingly.
A lie is a statement which is inaccurate and untrue with an intent to mislead and deceive. A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.The classic story about blind men and an elephant. Each blind man touches a different part of the elephant and reaches a different conclusion about the nature of the elephant; while each man's experience of the elephant is accurate, none of them have a full understanding of the nature of the beast. One may be touching the tail and believe that the elephant is long and thin, another may be touching the belly and say that it is round and big.Telling only half the truth, is like lying by omission. When you leave out part of the truth, then your listener can draw incorrect conclusions, and that can be worse than an outright lie. By telling