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Mere wealth, I am above it, / It is the reputation wide, / The playwright's pomp, the poet's pride / That eagerly I covet. — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
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The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted. — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
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