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title: "3 Stank Lies Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [It was all a lie, it all stank, stank of lies, it all gave the illusion of meaning and happiness and beauty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/it-was-all-a-lie-it-all-stank-stank-of-lies-it-all-gave-the-illusion/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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> [He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-saw-merchants-trading-princes-hunting-mourners-wailing-for-their/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Everything was a lie, everything stank, everything stank of lies, everything feigned meaning and happiness and beauty, and yet everything was decaying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/everything-was-a-lie-everything-stank-everything-stank-of-lies/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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