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Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then

James Russell Lowell
Afar, Skirts, Praise
James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.67
Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then