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Joseph de Maistre

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.

Joseph de Maistre

Money

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Wrong ideas are created initially by dishonest people, similar to how counterfeit money is first made by criminals. Later, honest individuals unknowingly spread these false ideas, continuing the harm without realizing it.

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