Of lies and lamps!!!

Well that' s a title I'd never have thought of using!

I was typing out a test for mum's students...

A question was: What is defamation, libel and slander?

And I began to think. After a lot of thoughting, I realized I would probably answer this question with Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

Then came the ethereal moment when I was reminded of Diogenes, hunting through the streets in the daytime with a lamp, looking for an honest man.
Poor guy. He'd be spinning furiously inside his barrel... Er... Grave... If he only knew how long ago he'd started looking and if he were alive today how fruitless his search would have been.
Everybody lies. Everybody lies without realizing it. Hey it's just another drop in the ocean, hey what's the difference, hey so what's a little white lie... Oh?... Racism!!! I object!
Anyway.
In one of my favorite books the guy gets executed for being too honest.
In one of my favorite books the guy gets executed for not knowing anything.

So I guess that puts paid to the sayings that Honesty is the best policy, and ignorance is bliss, respectively.

Cheers!