THE TRUTH ABOUT US IN OTHER'S EYES However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of theirs…
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CANDOR ABOUT TRUTH IN ADVERTISING At the heart of Madison Avenue's new, elaborately engineered system of persuasion lies one fundamental premise: Each group in our society has its weaknesses and deep-seated emotional needs. If Ad…
TRUTH HIDDEN BY FLATTERY We hate the hypocrite more keenly than the mere liar because the hypocrite adds to his lie the lacquer of flattery, which we are gullible enough to accept as tribute to…
A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE TRUTH A little girl had developed a bad habit. She was always lying. Once when she was given a St. Bernard dog for her birthday, she went out and told…
YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH As you well know, sometimes when people are filing out after the service on Sunday they inadvertently say things not quite the way they intended. Here are a few I…
THE FORCED TRUTH A woman and her husband were invited to her rich aunt's home for dinner. The wife instructed her husband to be sure and be nice to her aunt as she was getting…
FACE THE TRUTH, WARTS AND ALL Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?…
TRUTH AND ERROR There has long been debate as to which is the speedier, truth or error; which spread the faster, false report or denial. Some have maintained that truth has sturdier and surer wings.…
GOLFING TIPS As the Golfer approached the first tee, a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, he debated if he should use his new golf ball. Deciding that the hole was too treacherous,…
THE SECRET TRUTH A man noticed that a business friend seemed to be going up the corporate ladder more rapidly than most. At least more rapidly than his talents would seem to justify. So he…
TO TELL A LIE In Boston a minister noticed a group of boys standing around a small stray dog. "What are you doing, boys?" "Telling lies," said one of the boys. "The one who tells…
MIGHT IT BE SIN? Psychology Today included the following as a quote from the "Voice of a Scholar" from M. C. Richards in The Tarrytown Letter (No. 49). "Why is it if we are all…
LOVELY LOOKING LIES Note the following items from Shakespeare. From The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 1. Shylock speaks: The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is…
CHRISTMAS, BAH HUMBUG DEPARTMENT And among many great diatribes against the whole immovable feast, there is George Bernard Shaw at his bitterest and most biased. From "Our Theatres in the Nineties," the pertinent part of…
LATE ADVICE "Momma, do you think I should stick to younger girls? Or should I go out with an older, classier and more experienced type?" "Son, you have a way of asking advice that makes…
IDENTITY CONCERN And speaking of Dooley (as we were a moment ago), one of the strips shows the little seven-year-old kneeling by his bed for his nightly prayers. He closes it: "As you know, God,…
A CHILD LOANED
FAMILIES PASS ON THE FAITH Dr. Lou Smedes of Fuller Seminary, on the topic "Why Do You Believe?", searches out the reasons, real and imagined, for our belief. Included in the sermon was this quotable…
LUTHER THE TENDER PARENT I was reading in Will Durant's The Reformation and came across this description of Martin Luther: He was a good father, knowing as if by instinct the right mixture of discipline…
I MARRIED YOU In Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of Our Teeth the character Mrs. Antrobus says to her husband, "I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I married you because you gave me…
