The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefo…

Umberto Eco
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The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked. ✨ Umberto Eco (2006). The Island of the Day Before, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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