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[filed under theme 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 7. Falsehood ]

Full Idea

Inability to lie is far from being love of truth. ....He who cannot lie does not know what truth is.

Gist of Idea

To love truth, you must know how to lie

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 4.13.9)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.301