If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you wou…

Charles Caleb Colton
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. ✨ 'Lacon' (1820) vol. 1, no. 334
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. ✨ 'Lacon' (1820) vol. 1, no. 334

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