Aleksandr SolzhenitsynYou can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
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The idea that you can live your life with integrity may be the most important lesson of all. You can resolve to live your life with integrity, but there are no guarantees that this will happen. The only thing that you absolutely can do is choose to live with integrity. A credo is an unbreakable vow or promise. It means that the idea of living with integrity, as you think it should be done, is your most important goal in life.
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