'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief…

Alexander Pope
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. ✨ Alexander Pope (2015). An Essay on Criticism, p.17, Sheba Blake Publishing
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. ✨ Alexander Pope (2015). An Essay on Criticism, p.17, Sheba Blake Publishing

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