Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny.


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We're under scrutiny, and we know it.
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The proverb is something musty.
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The Gospel can stand up to scrutiny.
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We undergo extraordinary scrutiny,
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It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.
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