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Arrogance is the act of the great presumption that of the little.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
Medicine
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Suffolk
Arrogance
Littles
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Presumption

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