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“Sometimes we have to lie so that we do not needlessly hurt others. The important thing is that we are honest with ourselves. That we know how to bend without breaking ourselves. -Crepusculo Lepidoptera”

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Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

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In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

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