We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despis…

Charles Caleb Colton
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.421
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