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I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.

John Wilmot

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John Wilmot
Age: 33 †
Born: 1647
Born: April 1
Died: 1680
Died: July 26
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Ditchley Park
John Wilmot
Earl of Rochester
Anything
Vain
Rational
Bear
Dog
Bears
Rochester
Mankind
Monkey
Proud
Monkeys
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Humankind

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