Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.
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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
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