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Fun Quotes - Page 177

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Aphorism collected in Heinrich Fischer (ed) Beim Wort genommen (1955). Translated by Harry Zohn in Half-truths and one-and-a-half truths (1986).

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)