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Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object.... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.
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That is the worst of kindness; people take advantage of it.
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'I should not like Aubrey to die,' said Dudley. 'I only nearly died, and it would give him the immediate advantage.'
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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
George Borrow
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Born:
June 5, 1884
Died:
August 27, 1969
(aged 85)
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