When one has no design but to speak plain truth he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.
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About Richard Steele

Richard Steele was a 17th-century Irish anglo-irish writer and politician. Sir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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