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It is great and manly to disdain disguise it shows our spirit and proves our strength.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Manly
Proves
Disguise
Prove
Strength
Spirit
Shows
Great
Disdain

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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
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