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БУМАГА HE КРАСНЕЕТБУМАГА ВСЁ СТЕРПИТ
VP subj.these forms onlyfixed WO (used to express an ironic or scornful attitude toward sth. written or published because it contains lies, tendentiousness etc) paper can bear absolutely anything
paper won't (doesn't) blush
pen and ink never blush.
The first variant of this phrase goes back to Cicero's Epis-tulae ad Familiares, "Epistula non erubescit," V, 12,1.