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It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but such as any man may arrive at.

Richard Steele
Men, Hypocrisy, Quality
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1860). “The Spectator: A New Edition”, p.421
It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but such as any man may arrive at.