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In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed
almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow-men,
he is constantly acting a studied part. The bold and peculiar traits of native
character are refined away or softened down by the levelling influence of what
is termed good-breeding, and he practises so many petty deceptions and affects
so many generous sentiments for the purposes of popularity that it is difficult
to distinguish his real from his artificial character. - Washington Irving
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