Blaise PascalTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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The truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. This quote by John Heywood is an excellent description of the age in which we now live. When people are afraid to speak what they really believe because they are afraid of being wrong, the truth is hidden from them. We are afraid to say what we really believe because we are afraid of being wrong.
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