2nd Earl of Somerset

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    As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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