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Lying increases the creative faculties . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that it falls so short of in fact and in deeds.

Source: Vanity Fair, (New York), Oct 1930.
-- Clare Boothe Luce, (Mar 10 1905-1987), US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat; She was one of the most influential women in 20th c. and author of the hit play The Women, 1936.

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