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Lying, as we all know, does not take place only in war-time. Man, it has been said, is not "a veridical animal," but his habit of lying is not nearly so extraordinary as his amazing readiness to believe. It is, indeed, because of human credulity that lies flourish.

— Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Falsehood in Wartime (1928)

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