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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

~ Aristotle ~

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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

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AristotleThe Nicomachean Ethics

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