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Mystery is the antagonist of truth, a human invention that distorts it
Drawn from what Thomas Paine said
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- Thomas Paine Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809)
Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion.
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↗The Age of Reason, Parts I and II (1794-1795)gutenberg.org
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