Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fit them all.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
“The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,”
Atlantic Monthly (1858-04)
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ch. 6 (1858).
Added on 14-Dec-23 | Last updated 14-Dec-23
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