| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 610 |
| AUTHOR: | Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) |
| QUOTATION: | The best way in which to silence any friend of yours whom you know to be a fool is to induce him to hire a hall. Nothing chills pretense like exposure. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President WOODROW WILSON, remarks to the Motion Picture Board of Trade, New York City, January 27, 1916.—The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, ed. Arthur S. Link, vol. 36, p. 17 (1981).
See also No. 681. |
| SUBJECTS: | Fools |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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