The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reac…

Tom Stoppard
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The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say. ✨ Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). Tom Stoppard in Conversation, p.49, University of Michigan Press
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The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say. ✨ Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). Tom Stoppard in Conversation, p.49, University of Michigan Press

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