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A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie.

Thornton Wilder
Lying, Conventions, Falsehood
Thornton Wilder (2014). “The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume T”, p.269, Theatre Communications Group
A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie.