"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."
"It is a rule of mine never to ask unsolicited questions of people over twenty-one. I am only giving them the option of lying if they choose to. They would tell me the truth without my asking if they wanted me to know. To me that's fair enough."
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Source: Dorothy West (1996). “The Richer, the Poorer: Stories, Sketches, and Reminiscences”, Anchor
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