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Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. she is said to lie at the bottom of a well, for the very reason, perhaps, that whoever looks down in search of her sees his own image at the bottom, and is persuaded not only that he has seen the goddess, but that she is far better looking than he had imagined.
-James Russell Lowell
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Truth, After All, Wears A Different Face

James Russell Lowell
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. she is said to lie at the bottom of a well, for the very reason, perhaps, that whoever looks down in search of her sees his own image at the bottom, and is persuaded not only that he has seen the goddess, but that she is far better looking than he had imagined.
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