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Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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- Charles Caleb Colton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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