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The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy many a speech to a sentence and many a folio to a primer.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.
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Make no enemies he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.
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