As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors. - William James

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William James: "As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors."

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Appeals	Arguments	Boaconstrictors	Challenges
Crocodiles	Dealing	Folly	Hear
Human	Justice	Magnanimity	Misunderstood
Reasonable	Sympathy	Truth	Worse

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