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Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet, Writer, Philosopher
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 25, 1803
- Died: April 27, 1882
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