Mary Shelley — "When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain …"
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?
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Frankenstein, a philosophical question on perception, truth, and the elusive nature of happiness.
Date: 1818
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