"I declare ONLY suffering and its cessation." — The Buddha, indeed

Its corresponding Chinese counterpart SA 106 does not have such a statement “I declare ONLY suffering and its cessation”.

I think, it is correct to say the word ‘only’ is not correct in the Pali text. The Buddha also did teach more than just these two things according to SN/SA suttas regarding the notion of “seeing things as they really are”:

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