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I am my nearest neighbour.

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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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