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“In war-time,' I said, 'truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d58791937160f46a923aa650853d226760ffa514cac2e24b1e9a30bf8852ff80
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