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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-05-01
- Hash:
- 428af461adcf071eb2ec8fc029281fcc6104fe286047f57d7303442cb01551d1
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