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You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do. – Norman Douglas

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It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. – Norman Douglas

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