No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, … - Rex Stout

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Part of me could do it. Run off and get married. But another part. . . Another part of me wondered if I could really trust anyone. If all relationships were all doomed.

Rex Stout

No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully.

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