I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to…

William Hazlitt
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I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1272, Delphi Classics
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I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1272, Delphi Classics

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