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“Man is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune."
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 551a707d20fb5b71cb08263f59fda385ae17016e367dcacd16f78a53da61a2d3
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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