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The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.

Source: Aristotle at Afternoon Tea, in Pall Mall Gazette (London, 28 Feb. 1885; repr. in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea: The Rare Oscar Wilde, 1991).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.

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