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Falsehood is so much the more commendable, by how much more it resembles truth, and is the more pleasing the more it is doubtful and possible.
Falsehood is so much the more commendable, by how much more it resembles truth, and is the more pleasing the more it is doubtful and possible.
Approximate author period: c. 1581 AD · renaissance
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- Miguel De Cervantes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1581 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Cervantes. · page_100
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