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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. -- Samuel Butler
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. -- Hector Hugh Munro
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. -- Tryon Edwards
I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy. -- Bill Callahan
If computers remain far worse than us at image recognition, a certain over-confident combination of man and machine can elsewhere take inaccuracy to a whole new level. -- Tom Chatfield
Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm willing to overlook gobs of mistaken detail if the poetic valence is basically correct. -- Rick Perlstein
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. -- Jean Cocteau
Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper. -- Jo Brand
How can there be inaccuracy in comedy? -- Michael Moore
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty inaccuracy, of dishonesty -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present. -- Samuel Johnson
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. -- Tryon Edwards
I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester -- Charlotte Bronte
I'm not stupid!" In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy. -- Orson Scott Card
A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing but honor to lose by inaccuracy and non-veracity. -- George Bernard Shaw
The confusion and undesigned inaccuracy so often to be observed in conversation, especially in that of uneducated persons, proves that truth needs to be cultivated as a talent, as well as recommended as a virtue. -- Elizabeth Fry

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