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Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated person without a catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and infirmities.
Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated person without a catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and infirmities.
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1672–1719)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 86 · printed citation: Addison · subject: Fame
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