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"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Diplomacy, Mind, Right

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"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

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