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Quote by William Hazlitt
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. – William Hazlitt

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

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