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It is sometimes possible to tell nothing but the truth; but the whole truth — never. Even Montaigne sometimes misleads; even Rousseau, though unblushing in his exhibitionism, is quite untrustworthy. Pepys, indeed, and Boswell, ...
It is sometimes possible to tell nothing but the truth; but the whole truth — never. Even Montaigne sometimes misleads; even Rousseau, though unblushing in his exhibitionism, is quite untrustworthy. Pepys, indeed, and Boswell, ...
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If he is able to interest the public , the public will inevitably become interested in the whole truth about him so far as that truth can be found . Such is the price of fame . If one does not wish to pay , one should avoid becoming ...
If he is able to interest the public , the public will inevitably become interested in the whole truth about him so far as that truth can be found . Such is the price of fame . If one does not wish to pay , one should avoid becoming ...
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Its paramount duty is truth . But though it should tell nothing but the truth , it cannot possibly tell the whole truth . It must select , or die of its own unwieldy corpulence . The thoughts of a single day might burst a whole vol- ume ...
Its paramount duty is truth . But though it should tell nothing but the truth , it cannot possibly tell the whole truth . It must select , or die of its own unwieldy corpulence . The thoughts of a single day might burst a whole vol- ume ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
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