"The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt."
"How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print."
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Source: Aphorism collected in Heinrich Fischer (ed) Beim Wort genommen (1955). Translated by Harry Zohn in Half-truths and one-and-a-half truths (1986).
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