History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
Flattery makes fools of the best of us.
We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.
Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.
No one who likes a song lacks congeniality.
Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.