The child who defines a lie as being a "naughty word" knows perfectly well that lying consists in … - Jean Piaget

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One is always enthralled, I think, when a young writer you're just beginning to read and comprehend dies.

Jean Piaget

The child who defines a lie as being a "naughty word" knows perfectly well that lying consists in not speaking the truth. He is not, therefore, mistaking one thing for another, he is simply identifying them one with another by what seems to us a quaint extension of the word "lie".

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