Czesław Miłosz quote: Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of ...

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.

~ Czesław Miłosz ~

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