“… nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.”
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (1866)
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