Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious histor…

Edward Gibbon
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Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative. ✨ Edward Gibbon (1862). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, p.2
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