"When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door."

Lie, Contradiction

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"When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door."

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

Voltaire, French Writer

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