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

Source: Characteristics, no. 387 (first published anonymously in 1823; repr. in Complete Works, vol. 9, ed. by P. P. Howe, 1932).
-- William Hazlitt, (Apr 10 1778-1830), English writer, essayist; He wrote Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, 1817; also noted for essays on value of humanity.


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