The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony…

H. L. Mencken
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The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon some lonely ash-dump and a soul roasting in hell. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.15, Vintage
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The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon some lonely ash-dump and a soul roasting in hell. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.15, Vintage

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