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“Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.” quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Download Open image

“Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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