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Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.

Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin (1815). “Life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin”, p.10
Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.