Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the p…

Marcel Proust
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Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit. ✨ Marcel Proust (1948). The Maxims of Marcel Proust
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