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Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

W. Somerset Maugham
Life, Believe, Men
W. Somerset Maugham (2010). “The Summing Up”, p.291, Random House
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.