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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 a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – 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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The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. – Marshall McLuhan

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

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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. – Proverb

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