Quote#Wisdom
It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken
Quote byGertrude Stein · 1874–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "As Eighty," from Bee Time Vine (1953, Yale University Press); written in 1923.
English (original)
It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
— Gertrude Stein
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