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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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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
Pride
Terrible
Fine
Grace
Enemy
Pox
Small
Affectation
Faces
Symmetry
Destroys

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