Everyone is lied to for his or her own good. A mother telling a child it will be okay. A lover telling a lover I will always love you. Politicians promising a better and brighter future. Generals and admirals insisting war begets peace.
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
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George R.r. Martin
Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.
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Vladimir Nabokov
All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
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Woody Allen
A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.
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William Blake
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