Sunday, February 28, 2021

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts

 “Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.” (Machiavelli, c.1513). 

Machiavelli's instructions to diplomat Raffaello Girolami, as quoted in Arthur Koestler's Darkness At Noon (1941)

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts



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