It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to oursel…

Marcel Proust
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It is not only by dint of lying to others, but also of lying to ourselves, that we cease to notice that we are lying. ✨ Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast (2002). In Search of Lost Time: Sodom and Gomorrah
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