The ancients used to say: mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiat… - Stanisław Lem

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The ancients used to say: mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur — the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.

Stanisław Lem

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Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer.

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