"Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby."

George Herbert

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Lie not: but let thy heart be true to God,
Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both:
Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod;
The stormy working soul spits lies and froth.
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
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A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.”
—George Herbert

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