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Monday, December 11, 2017
Proportion of Truth to Falsehood
Jules Renard, Journal (March 17, 1906; tr. Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget):
Truth on earth is to falsehood what a pin's head is to the earth.
La vérité sur la terre est au mensonge comme une tête d'épingle à la terre elle-même.