Telling Use of Language --- Mundus Vult Decipi

This a phrase that as a magician I absolutely love and have engraved on my solid steel card clip. The phrase is Latin and translates to "The world invites deception." The phrase makes a general assumption about the people of the world, that they do not really want to know truth, they are happy in ignorance. Ignorance is not to be confused with stupidity, people are not stupid (for the most part) but they are often very ignorant of much of the world around them. Because of this ignorance of how things work the world is more open to be deceived by whoever is clever enough and gutsy enough to do it. The world invites deception is not supposed to be derogatory towards the world and its inhabitants but rather it is supposed to be an encouraging phrase to magicians, telling them they shouldn't be afraid to perform because the world invites the deception they sell.