Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance. (Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury)

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

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