“The world wants to be deceived.”
“Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.”
“Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.’ That is very true, otherwise there wouldn’t exist any religion!”
“Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire….….The world winks at dishonesty. the world does not call it dishonesty”
“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
“We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”