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The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
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Men
Dissimulation
World
Flattery
Compliment
Hardly
Grown
Thoughts

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Pride destroys all symmetry and grace, and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small-pox.
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