Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is…

Bertrand Russell
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Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2014). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p.554, Routledge
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