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" ... It is not my desire to wound the feelings of any person with whom I am connected in family bonds. I may be a hypocrite," said Mr. Pecksniff, cuttingly, "but I am not a brute."

Charles Dickens
Funny, Humorous, Hypocrite
Charles Dickens (1867). “The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit”, p.75
... It is not my desire to wound the feelings of any person with whom I am connected in family bonds. I may be a hypocrite, said Mr. Pecksniff, cuttingly, but I am not a brute.