“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 36.
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
— Jane Austen, book Emma
Source: Emma
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