"Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age."

Age, Truth, Needs

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"Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age."

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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John W. Gardner, American Educator

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"God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."

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