Don’t you believe ’em when they say that what you don’t know won’t hurt you. Biggest lie ever was. See it all and go your own way and nothing’ll hurt you. If what you see ain’t pretty, what’s the odds! See it anyway. Then next time you don’t have to look.

Edna Ferber (1886-1968) American author and playwright

Show Boat, ch. 13 (1926)
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Captain Andy Hawkes to his daughter, Magnolia.