Lying Fool

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(Dis) R-E-S-P-E-C-T

“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.” 

—Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), Russian novelist, from Brothers Karamazov, 1880 (Image: The Brothers Karamazov by Alice Neel, 1938)

 

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