Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be…

Margaret Fuller
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Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical. ✨ Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1856). At home and abroad: or, Things and thoughts in America and Europe. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller, p.54
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