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Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?
Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?
Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
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- William Makepeace Thackeray
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- Approximate author period: c. 1837 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for William Makepeace Thackeray: life dates 1811 to 1863. Wikidata Q167768, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167768 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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