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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. (1854-1900)

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    Die reine und einfache Wahrheit ist selten rein und niemals einfach.

    la verdad pura y simple es raramente pura y nunca simple.

    la vérité pure et simple est rarement pure et jamais simple.

    pura et simplex veritas, et non raro pura et simplex.

    de pure en simpele waarheid is zelden puur en nooit eenvoudig.

    خالص اور سادہ حقیقت شاذ و نادر ہی خالص اور کبھی آسان نہیں ہے۔

    純淨和簡單的真理很少是純淨的,也永遠不會簡單。

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