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E. V. Lucas wrote:
"The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."
My first instinct is to agree wholeheartedly; not much good has ever come from trying to deceive, particularly in the long term. Be candid up front, and save yourself the trouble down the road.
But then I started wondering if this is just another one of those pastoral "wisdoms" typically promoted by pampered ingénues safe from the real world. Consider Mario Chanes de Armas or Emmett Till. What did their candor gain them?
