Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than…

Henry David Thoreau
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). Thoreau: Political Writings, p.97, Cambridge University Press
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