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There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Men
Advice
Worth
Influence
Small
Intimation
Seems
Stock
Ever
Liberal
Nothing
Carry
Good
Importance

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