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How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth!
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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
But when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
497 BC
Died:
406 BC
(aged 91)
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