The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. ✨ Mortimer…

Mortimer Adler
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The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. ✨ Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, p.265, Simon and Schuster
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