Quote#World
There is nothing so easily made offensive as good reasoning; and men…
Quote byArthur Helps · 1813–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms. (1871), p. 114.
English (original)
There is nothing so easily made offensive as good reasoning; and men of clear logical minds, if not gifted at the same time with tact, make more enemies than men with bad hearts and unsound understandings.
— Arthur Helps
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