Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
EMILY DICKINSON
EMILY DICKINSON
Emily Dickinson on opinion
“Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.”
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