A blue-and-white striped miniature umbrella shades a yellow glass orb on folded striped cloth.

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Nancy Gribble

The truth is like sunlight. People used to think it's good for you.

— King of the Hill • 1997

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Truth is compared to sunlight, with the wry twist that people used to believe it was good for you. The joke implies that we now hesitate over both, as if honesty, like too much sun, is something to be wary of.

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