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The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. Little men are dissolved in it. If there is any gold, truth makes it shine more brightly. . . .Truth, even in the mouth of an informer, a spy, a briber, can become bigger than anybody who tries to destroy it. Truth survives.

Adela Rogers St. Johns

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Adela Rogers St. Johns
Age: 94 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 20
Died: 1988
Died: August 10
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