Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their a…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.131
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.131

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