Life must be lived as play.
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To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state and no one else may meddle with this privilege.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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