People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

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History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.