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C. S. Lewis Quotes

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
C. S. Lewis

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Date of Birth:
November 29, 1898
Date of Death:
November 22, 1963
Nationality:
British
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