Enough of making promises and telling truths.

The exchange was typical of my wife, who, I should explain, possesses a quite remarkable talent for chancing upon telling truths.

Okay, I was constructing an overused stereotype, but stereotypes have their uses, and often even have roots in some useful and telling truths.

And I know a lot of good people in your line of work have been shafted for telling truths no one wants to hear.