I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. (Henry David Thoreau)

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

Henry David Thoreau

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