True but Imperfect

“I prefer true but imperfect knowledge, even if it leaves much undetermined and unpredictable, to a pretense of exact knowledge that is likely to be false.”
--F.A. Hayek

Disinformation Program

“We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”
--William Casey

False Creed

“There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.”
--Titus Livius (Livy)

Tangled Webs

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!”
--Sir Walter Scott

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Play the Hand you are Dealth

“Be at one with your fate and give your actions the weight of eternity. Stop wishing for something else to happen, for a different fate. That is to live a false life.”
--Robert Greene

Regarding Religion

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
--Lucius Annaeus Seneca

False Beliefs

“Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts.”
--Henry Rosovsky

False Wisdom

“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.”
--Stephen Colbert

False Hopes

“The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.”
--Rene Dubos

False Pride

“The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.”
--Simone Weil

False Friends

“False friends are worse than bitter enemies.”
--Scottish Proverb

Play False

“Truth never plays false roles of any kind, which is why people are so surprised when meeting it.”
--Vernon Howard

Succeed Anyway

“If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway.”
--Mother Teresa