"“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”"
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth Is Handsomer Than The Affectation Of Love
“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”
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