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Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
Age: 66 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 22
Died: 2004
Died: November 5
Aristocrat
Conservationist
Philanthropist
Politician
London
England
Since
Powerful
Truth
Must
Even
Resemblance
Thing
Governed
World
Please
Fiction

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As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as myself
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