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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: life dates 1809 to 1894. Wikidata Q319829, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319829 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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