Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is … - Charles Caleb Colton

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My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

Charles Caleb Colton

Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.

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