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> [Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-never-hurt-me-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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