• We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

  Denis Diderot
  French philosopher 1713-1784
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1. greedily
2. flatters
3. little
4. bitter

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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. by : Denis Diderot

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