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When men of infamy to grandeur soar, They light a torch to show their shame the more.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Soar
Shame
Show
Shows
Light
Infamy
Men
Torch
Torches
Grandeur

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