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If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

Source: Diary entry for 30 Jan. 1943; The Diary of a Young Girl, 1947; tr. 1952.
-- Anne Frank, (Jun 12 1929-1945), German-Dutch diarist; Her diary depicted life as a young Jewish girl during WW II.

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