The man who lies in self-excuse, by saying “Everyone will not do it” must be ill at ease in his conscience, for the act of lying implies the universal value which it denies.
 Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946). copy citation

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Author Jean-Paul Sartre
Source Existentialism Is a Humanism
Topic value conscience
Date 1946
Language English
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Note Translated by Philip Mairet
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