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“A little folly is desirable in him that will not be guilty of stupidity.”
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- Source:
- Book iii. Chap. ix. Of Vanity.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 57a447a973566f5c3c829af2e4a75391b28c6ebc8ab04b723964831dc792d464
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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