In "Van Goghs Ohr Paul Gauguinn und der Pakt des Schweigens" ("Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence"), they argue that it was Gauguin who sliced off van Gogh's ear, with a sword that he carried with him for self-defense, and that the two artists—out of shame on van Gogh's part, guilt on Gauguin's decided to keep the truth to themselves.
This wasn't the first time I'd learned to keep the truth to myself, and unfortunately, it wouldn't be the last.
But every new locale required a new, more-believable swath of lies that Olivares had to make up to keep the truth about her father from slipping out.
Now we had to figure out how to keep the truth from our children, blissfully asleep, expecting a full week of warming sun and gentle surf.
Just as Lisa is about to expose the "real Jebediah" to the parading townspeople, she realizes that Jebediah Springfield's good image means too much to the town, and decides to keep the truth a secret, knowing they will lose hope and morale if the truth is revealed to the public.
Like the pigs, the Soviets did it to remove the threat of nuance, to keep the truth of history from their young so that they might not divert from the only acceptable view of the world.
When Homer and Marge realize that the painting they purchased for $20 from the Van Houtens' yard sale is actually a valuable masterpiece -- the artist is the fictional Johan Oldenvelt -- they conspire to keep the truth from their neighbors and to cash in on the painting, which could be worth $100,000.
Somewhere along the way, she decided to keep the truth about her son's heritage to herself.
The key to it, I believe, is conservatives' ability to continue insisting on the existence of an alleged liberal media conspiracy to keep the truth not only from them but also from all Americans.
The trial provided little in the way of proof that American national security was somehow threatened by the presence of the Venezuelans, who had spent much of their time on the phone and in South Florida restaurants trying to persuade the man caught with the suitcase, Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson, to keep the truth about the money under wraps.
