Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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