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  • When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

    Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), Charles Caleb Colton (1861). “Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners. To which are added, selections from Colton's 'Lacon'.”, p.227