The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. ✨ Aphorisms…

Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. ✨ Aphorisms. Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 7, 1799.
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