„Keď máš pochybnosti, hovor pravdu.“
Originál
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. II
Not in the text, but added by many sources is the sentence: "It will confound your enemies and astound your friends." Compare this line to the advice attributed to Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639) to a young diplomat "to tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound his enemies." E.g., Vol 24, Encyclopedia Britannica of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 721 https://books.google.com/books?id=_GlJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq=truth+wotton+confound+advice&source=bl&ots=-cGk3UDLLj&sig=ltOR1xtI9WFic1JWKiFmIZ8Yce0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVkZCsj-jRAhXCyFQKHTmsCkAQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=truth%20wotton%20confound%20advice&f=false (9th Ed. 1894)
Following the Equator (1897)
Mark Twain 231
americký autor a humorista 1835–1910Podobné citáty
„V každej myšlienke sa zvíja i pravda, i pochybnosť, i tušenie.“
„Lož je pohodlnejšia ako pochybnosti, užitočnejšia ako láska, trvácnejšia ako pravda.“
„Maj v nenávisti rýchly hovor, aby si nechybil, lebo potom nasleduje ľútosť.“
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