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“To know when to use the truth is the essence of successful deception”
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“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good repartee when the discourse is changed, or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.”
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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
For what every man wishes,
that he also believes to be true.”
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For what every man wishes,
that he also believes to be true.”
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“The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense.”
― The Anti-Christ
― The Anti-Christ
“Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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