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I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to 'play polo' with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

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Humbert Wolfe

Humbert Wolfe

Humbert Wolfe CB CBE (January 5, 1885, Milan, Italy - January 5, 1940), was an Italian-born English poet, man of letters and civil servant, from a Jewish family background, his father being a German Jew (Martin Wolff) and his mother an Italian Jew (Consuela, nee Terraccini).

He was one of the most popular authors of the 1920s. He is now remembered for his epigram:

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