I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without vanity I ma…

Benjamin Franklin
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I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without vanity I may say, etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2006). The Portable Benjamin Franklin, p.11, Penguin
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I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without vanity I may say, etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2006). The Portable Benjamin Franklin, p.11, Penguin

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