On the Decay of the Art of Lying
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.”
A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love, and having no love, he gives himself up to passions and coarse pleasures, in order to occupy and amus
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“Human society is a ‘network of lies and deceptions’ that would collapse under the weight of too much honesty.” Robert C. Solomon, former professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, mirrored this sentiment in Lying and Deception in Everyday Life. “Deception is sometimes not a vice but a social virtue,” he writes, “and systematic d
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To lie is to intentionally mislead others when they expect honest communication.