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“The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.”
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- Source:
- Book iii. Chap. ix. Of Vanity.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a526de1227efe9eb1d2dc6a10d457454c7f4b24a0afdbe9a97ef6d4c45e5e4ee
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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