Quote#Wisdom
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most…
Quote byThomas Chandler Haliburton · 1796–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Wise-saws : or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife (1856), p. 179..
English (original)
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
— Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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