Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that…

Blaise Pascal
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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. ✨ Blaise Pascal (2010). Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works, p.307, Cosimo, Inc.
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