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\u201cVirtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThe truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra (d. 1616), Don Quixote<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cVirtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.\u201d \u201cThe truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.\u201d Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (d. 1616), Don Quixote \u00a0 Posted from Logan, Utah \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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