I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its charms.


History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, Preface, p. 34 - Referenced


I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its...