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Quote by William Hazlitt
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. – William Hazlitt

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If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt

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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. – William Hazlitt

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Name is a fence and within it you are nameless. – Samuli Paronen

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You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic. – Elias Canetti

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Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. – Mary Daly

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