Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.
Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them.
The lie is a condition of life.
Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.
A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.
There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
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