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  •    To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, Is a keen observer of life, The word 'Intellectual'suggests straight away A man who's untrue to his wife.

    -W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden
      NewYear Letter (published1941), note to l.1277.

  • Il accusait toujours les miroirs d'e"  tre faux. He was always blaming mirrors for being untrue.

    -Jean de La Fontaine
      Fables, pt.1, no.11,'L'homme et son image'.

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