All the time when I speak to you, even now, I'm saying not precisely what I think, but what will impress you and make you respond. That's so even bet… - Iris Murdoch

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All the time when I speak to you, even now, I'm saying not precisely what I think, but what will impress you and make you respond. That's so even between us - and how much more it's so where there are stronger motives for deception. In fact, one's so used to this one hardly sees it. The whole language is a machine for making falsehoods.