No man was ever great by imitation. — Quoted

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“No man was ever great by imitation.”

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Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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