Quote#Truth
Perhaps half the falsehood in the world is due to lack of power to…
Quote byAnna Botsford Comstock · 1854–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (887 pages; 1st edition 1911).
English (original)
Perhaps half the falsehood in the world is due to lack of power to detect the truth and to express it. aids both in discernment and in expression of things as they are.
— Anna Botsford Comstock
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