• I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. bitterness
2. criticism
3. expressed
4. severe
5. truth

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I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. by : Henry David Thoreau

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