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The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
Farmer
Novelist
Painter
Photographer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Ignorance
Pride
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Truest
Arrogance
Vanity
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