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A man may say, From now on I'm going to speak the truth. But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Solomon Bellows
Truth
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Men
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