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The Renaissance2 quotes
Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others. — Francis Bacon · 1625To show an unfelt sorrow is an office Which the false man does easy. — William Shakespeare · 1616
Colonial America1 quote
What you would seem to be, be really. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744