"Starożytni mawiali: 'mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur'. Świat łaknie oszustw, więc jest oszukiwany."
— Stanisław Lem

January 1, 1970

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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. — "A Blink of an Eye", Okamgnienie (2000); the phrase "Mundus Vult Decipi" was used as a motto by the American satirist James Branch Cabell and is said to have originated with Petronius.