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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.
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Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause, without obtaining it, than obtain, without deserving it; if it follow them, it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. With inferior minds the reverse is observable.
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The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.
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Charles Caleb Colton
Born:
1780
Died:
1832
(aged 52)
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