Pure truth like pure gold has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.
The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
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J.k. Rowling
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Oscar Wilde
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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Mark Twain
Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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George Orwell
I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.
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Suzanne Collins
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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
