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 > "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold
 
-> All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world
+> When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;  
+> The truth is great, and shall prevail,  
+> When none cares whether it prevail or not.  
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-> —Thomas Jefferson
+> —["Magna Est Vertias" by Coventry Patmore](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9M3ynNuBsRCDfmEsZ/less-wrong-poetry-corner-coventry-patmore-s-magna-est)
 
 > Ultimately every examined life can be interpreted as a disaster; looking closely enough we can always discover psychological and social forces that provide fuel for unlimited rage. [...] But no life can transcend its own disasters unless it celebrates its uniqueness and contributes that which only it can contribute. Life is perverted if one is constantly reacting, never initiating, but always allowing rage to define it.
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