“The truth displayed in a good life is the fairest of images.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Reverend Sigurður
Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) (1946), Part II: The Fair Maiden
“Do the truth quietly without display.”
Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning https://books.google.com/books?id=Gxv208Eit_4C&pg=PT322 (1998), p. 22 <br class="br">1990s
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