“Sooner or later, each desire must encounter its lassitude: its truth...”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
“Any lie has a condemnation: its duration. Time, sooner or later, will manifest the truth.”
— Prevale
Original: Qualsiasi bugia ha una condanna: la sua durata. Il tempo, prima o poi, manifesterà la verità.
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