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It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton

British priest and writer

January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832

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