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Quote by Robert Menzies
It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest ene

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness. – Robert Menzies

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The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable. – Robert Menzies

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Truth is the breath of life to human society. It is the food of the immortal spirit. Yet a single word of it may kill a man as suddenly as a drop of prussic acid. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true. – David Herbert Lawrence

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The first casualty when war comes is truth. – Hiram Johnson

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