Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exagger…

Charlotte Bronte
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Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2014). The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor, p.99, Harper Collins
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Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2014). The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor, p.99, Harper Collins

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