“The proverb of De mortuis is founded on humbug. Humbug out of doors is necessary. It would not do for you and me to go into the High Street just now and say what we think about Mrs. Proudie; but I don’t suppose that kind of thing need be kept up in here, between you and me.”
Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset
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