Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out;
for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue
than them.
-- Lord Chesterfield
for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue
than them.
-- Lord Chesterfield
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