“The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem.”
Quote by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a distinguished British statesman and the Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. Known for his diplomatic prowess and efforts to promote Indian self-government, he was born on April 16, 1881, and died on December 23, 1959. more
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