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Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2754/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/2754.v4.jpg" alt="Otto von Bismarck"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Otto von Bismarck</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36a02"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36a02" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2754/36a02/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Your%20map%20of%20Africa%20is%20really%20quite%20nice.%20But%20my%20map%20of%20Africa%20lies%20in%20Europe.%20Here%20is%20Russia%2C%20and%20here...%20is%20France%2C%20and%20we%27re%20in%20the%20middle%20-%20that%27s%20my%20map%20of%20Africa.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2754%2F36a02%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1083/">Nice</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1873/">Lies</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a21120/062b98/">Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a21120/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/21120.v5.jpg" alt="Socrates"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Socrates</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="062b98"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a21120/062b98/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/404376.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="062b98" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a21120/062b98/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Lies%20are%20the%20greatest%20murder.%20They%20kill%20the%20Truth.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa21120%2F062b98%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/404376.jpg&description=Lies%20are%20the%20greatest%20murder.%20They%20kill%20the%20Truth." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/78/">Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1873/">Lies</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/7945/">Murder</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a43/11f8ff/">MAN鈥橲 ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a43/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/43.v7.jpg" alt="Napoleon Hill"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Napoleon Hill</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11f8ff"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a43/11f8ff/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303166/1073871103.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11f8ff" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a43/11f8ff/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=MAN%E2%80%99S%20ONLY%20LIMITATION%2C%20within%20reason%2C%20LIES%20IN%20HIS%20DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20USE%20OF%20HIS%20IMAGINATION.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa43%2F11f8ff%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303166/1073871103.v1.jpg&description=MAN%E2%80%99S%20ONLY%20LIMITATION%2C%20within%20reason%2C%20LIES%20IN%20HIS%20DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20USE%20OF%20HIS%20IMAGINATION." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/742/">Imagination</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2191/">Development</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2571/">Limitation</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1188/07f67/">The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1188/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/1188.v6.jpg" alt="V. 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I would become someone else and my metamorphosis would be so complete that no one I鈥檇 met over the past fifteen years would be able to recognize me. 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