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On Truth and Memory

Posted on November 26, 2013 by founder
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Mark Twain on truth and memory.

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
-Mark Twain

The best cure of a failing memory is simply to remember to tell the truth.

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On Telling the Truth

Posted on February 2, 2010 by founder
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“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”
-Mark Twain

We are all sinners, liars, and cheats. Admitting it is the only hope we have that we’ll not always be sinners, liars, and cheats.

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