A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. — William Hazlitt · Skopia

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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

William Hazlitt

1839

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Hazlitt, William. "Nicknames." Sketches and Essays. London: John Templeman, 1839.

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