| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 16839 |
| QUOTATION: | Frank and explicitMthat is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Benjamin Disraeli (18041881), British statesman, author, prime minister. The Gentleman in Downing Street, bk. 6, ch. 1, Sybil (1845). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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