Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

If your country has "democratic" in the name it's probably not democratic. If your major has "science" in the name it's probably not science. If your company has "don't be evil" in its motto...

Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king.

Also holds for someone saying "I'm intelligent" and "trust me".

And “Frankly” and “I’ll be honest”...

I've head this comment before, but from my own speech I don't find this to be true at all. It usually means I'm saying something I perceive to be more vulnerable or direct than any party to the conversation has been to that point - not at all that I was being deceptive before that point or after.

> vulnerable or direct than any party to the conversation has been to that point

You seem to be sort of acknowledging the contradiction in this one. If the conversation is guarded (self-protecting vulnerability) or indirect, then it isn't being frank.