A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.

Dennis Sharpe
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A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth. The effectiveness of a lie is not necessarily in its words but in how many times you tell it. While most lies are believed at first, they are soon dissected and exposed as false. Those who believe them at first often continue telling the lie because they never believe what they hear is actually false. You can't expect to fool someone with your lies for long if the number of times you tell the lie is too low.

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