...Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that what is tak…

Tom Stoppard
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...Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that what is taken to be true. It's the currency if living. There may be nothing behind it, but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honoured. One acts on assumptions. What do you assume? ✨ Tom Stoppard (2007). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, p.67, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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