Fred Van Lente (born 1972) American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels, Ivar, Timewalker, Volume 3: Ending History, (2016):
Do you know why empires fall? Because they can no longer believe their own lies.
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No, while quite pithy the sentiment does not account for the fall of empires. This sentiment only accounts for cynics and all that they failed to build because they see lies everywhere (even those few places with truth).
No, empires fall when the majority no longer believes those few truths that helped build the empires.
MSG Grumpy