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Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Language
Confidence
Oaths
Truth
Friendship
Oath
Human
Promise
Reliance
Humans
Band
Promises
Without
Security
Union
Virtue
Basis
Happiness
Unions
Upon
Bases

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