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> [“Again, we may decry the color-prejudice of the South, yet it remains a heavy fact. Such curious kinks of the human mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois-2/again-we-may-decry-the-color-prejudice-of-the-south-yet-it-remains-a/)

[W.E.B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois-2/)

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> [Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/anybody-who-notices-unpleasant-facts-in-the-have-a-nice-day-world-we/)

[Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/)

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> [“These,” he said gravely, “are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/these-he-said-gravely-are-unpleasant-facts-i-know-it-but-then-most/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/if-history-teaches-anything-it-teaches-that-self-delusion-in-the-face/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/if-history-teaches-anything-it-teaches-self-delusion-in-the-face-of/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-always-question-the-bonafides-of-the-man-who-tells-us-unpleasant/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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