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There is nothing exasperates people more than the display of superior ability or brilliancy in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts.
There is nothing exasperates people more than the display of superior ability or brilliancy in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Johnson. · page_475
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