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Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.

Sydney Thompson Dobell

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Sydney Thompson Dobell
Age: 50 †
Born: 1824
Born: April 5
Died: 1874
Died: August 22
Critic
Poet
Cranbrook
Kent
Author of The Roman
Sydney Thompson Dobell
Sidney Dobell
Envy
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Emulation
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Unsuccessful
Sin
Gratification
Even
Sink
Sins
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