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Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerabl
Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
Samuel Johnson
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 17 July 1771, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 141
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