Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidenc…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.51
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