"It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself."

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To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.

— Elspeth Huxley