Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that …

Thomas Carlyle
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Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking? ✨ John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle (2010). Autobiography of J.S. Mill & on Liberty; Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh & Sir Walter Scott, p.394, Cosimo, Inc.
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Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking? ✨ John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle (2010). Autobiography of J.S. Mill & on Liberty; Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh & Sir Walter Scott, p.394, Cosimo, Inc.

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