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Winston Churchill

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Truth

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Sometimes people accidentally discover the truth, but instead of facing it, they quickly ignore it and continue as usual. This shows that many prefer comfort or denial over confronting reality.

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