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She did not know then that the price of allowing false opinions was the gradual loss of one's capacity for forming true ones.

Muriel Spark

She did not know then that the price of allowing false opinions was the gradual loss of one's capacity for forming true ones.

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About Muriel Spark

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.