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Fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Imagination
Truth
Unfruitful
Lags
Lag
Barren
Invention
Cold
Fiction

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