The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the…

William Hazlitt
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The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers. ✨ William Hazlitt (1839). Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son, p.95
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