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“Greatness is a light-hearted title for theatrical entertainments. Or a definition endowed on men too long dead to know that its been awarded.”
—Arthur Ross. Leslie (Tony Curtis)
“Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)
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