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Hunter S. Thompson

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Hunter S. Thompson

Society

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In a society where everyone is involved in wrongdoing, the real problem is not the bad actions themselves but being discovered for them. When dishonesty is everywhere, the worst mistake someone can make is to be careless enough to expose themselves.

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