Piety requries us to honor truth above friends.
Aristotle
Aristotle
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believed. --... - Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine,
of honor. --... - He who hath many friends hath
none. --... - The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied
later a thousandfold.... - Without friends no one would choose to live,
though he had all other goods. --... - Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed... - Aristotle,
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every Body's Face but their Own;
which is the chief Reason for that Kind Reception it... - I can see the hate that was there; I can see the bigotry.
I can see it from his perspective. -- Vice President... - The professional wizard, it is said, should always watch his hands.
Actually, the truly professional wizard should watch... - Genuine Ploduct.
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