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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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From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever, That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
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Born:
497 BC
Died:
406 BC
(aged 91)
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