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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. ✨ Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately, p.538
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. ✨ Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately, p.538

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