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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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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. – William Hazlitt

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Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith. – Oliver Wendell Holmes,Jr.

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If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius

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A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. – Author unknown, quoted by William Hazlitt

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

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