Orts #676
It is hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place.
-- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
-- Upton Sinclair, in I, Candidate for Governor: and How I Got Licked
It is all too easy to impress liberality on a man who has the means to practice it all he wants at the expense of others.
-- Montaigne, in an essay, Of Coaches