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No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850What you would seem to be, be really. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Be 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
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What you would seem to be, be really. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others. — Francis Bacon · 1625
What you would seem to be, be really. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others. — Francis Bacon · 1625
Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others. — Francis Bacon · 1625
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850