A man does not lie about what he is ignorant of; he does not lie when he spreads an error of which he himself is the dupe; he does not lie when he is mistaken.
 Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (1943). copy citation

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Author Jean-Paul Sartre
Source Being and Nothingness
Topic error lie
Date 1943
Language English
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Note Translated by Hazel E. Barnes
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