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To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
-John Locke
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To Love Truth For Truth's Sake Is

John Locke
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
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