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Samuel Johnson Quotes: It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
         

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.


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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
         



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