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/^t/"The world is a stage, and on this stage we have to play". This sentence reflects modern society at the turn of the twenty first century: "we have to play" means we are not ourselves any more, we are actors who only perform our lives according to a previously written scenario. The truth has lost its high quotations on the stock exchange of human moral values. Why? Because the man of genius has found another substitute for truth, a much nicer one, which does not require any responsibility and is a perfect cover for the shy, cowards, toadies, for everybody - the omnipresent lie. Lying is immoral and, therefore, should be condemned. However, there are situations in which it is hard not to conceal or distort the truth.