“A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true.” — G.K. Chesterton, Twelve Types
When men bear false witness against a man, they provoke him to anger by lying about him, but when men mock his eccentricities, they provoke him to lie about his own anger in being exposed. In the first instance, the barbs hit their target by missing it on purpose and in the second instance the wise cracks hit home by exaggerating the target.
1 Timothy 5:24
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
A man gets mad when he is accused of doing something he did not do, but he gets even madder when he is caught doing something he wishes you did not know he was in the habit of doing.
Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge:
but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
A man gets mad when you say he is hiding something he does not have, but he also gets mad when you say out loud something he thought he was successfully hiding.
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