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Smart means you know lots of shit. Clever means you can pretend you know it.
The greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to break apart and compartmentalise. It’s how we juggle multiple demands, and how we cope with pain and trauma.
‘Every day may not be good,’ he said, ‘but there is something good in every day.’
is so fundamental to our existence; it is wired into our DNA. That’s why babies learn to fake cry before they’re a year old and to bluff by the age of two. By four a child is an accomplished liar, and by five, he or she realises that truly outrageous lies are less likely to be believed.
People think they want the truth, but the opposite is true. Honesty is mean and rough and ugly, while lying can be kinder, softer and more humane. It’s not honesty that we want, but consideration and respect.
