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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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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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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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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. – Thomas C. Haliburton

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Pen names are masks that allow us to unmask ourselves. – Terri Guillemets

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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.. – Proverb

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Nay, Georias, I call him the bravest man,
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With patience. All this swiftness of resentment
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