Likewise, if you see yourself and others truthfully there will be no need to try to make yourself seem better or more important than you are. The truth will make you free from this illusion, and you won't get all puffed up with self importance. Truth is not easily provoked. Truth thinks no evil. It only thinks the truth, and although the truth may not be what you wanted or expected or what you thought would be fair, it is never evil.
Deception is the purposeful hiding of the truth.
Truth, therefore, plays no part in iniquity. It values only the truth. Truth stands up to all criticism, no matter how severe. Truth tests all things. But someone who has an unusually clear perception of the truth will be very understanding of all human frailties.