Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love…

Samuel Johnson
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Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages. ✨ The Idler no. 30 (11 Nov. 1758)
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Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages. ✨ The Idler no. 30 (11 Nov. 1758)

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