Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up aga…

Miguel de Cervantes
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). Don Quixote, p.412, Wordsworth Editions
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