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Malcolm Muggeridge

"People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to."

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"People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to."

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that."
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"The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized."
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