People
Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.
— Terry Pratchett · Small Gods
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The claim reverses the familiar idea that a precious truth is worth dying for. Here, truth's value becomes the reason not to die for it, while lies receive the sacrifice instead. That unsettling reversal makes the distinction deliberately provocative rather than reassuring.
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