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Dr. Mardy's Quotes of the Week ("Bitter Truths")

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January 7—13, 2024 | THIS WEEK'S THEME: “Bitter Truths”

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The novel’s opening words introduce a common theme in human life: people saying they’re interested in honesty when, in fact, they are not.  In his 1915 novel Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham was thinking along similar lines when he had one of his characters say:

“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.” 

In a…

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