When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want t…

Thomas Sowell
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. ✨ Thomas Sowell (2011). The Thomas Sowell Reader, p.398, Basic Books
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. ✨ Thomas Sowell (2011). The Thomas Sowell Reader, p.398, Basic Books

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