"It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the ex...

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Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.
More George Eliot quotes
"Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.
"She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.
"People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.