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...maturity of mind revealed in this reflection. Johnson, in his 42nd year, wrote in the Rambler (no. 87), "There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that...of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.' He even defended Reynolds for telling... | |
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...a stranger. He is, therefore, to look on himself as the greatest sinner he knows of. There are some minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude...of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure but because obligation is a pain. To-morrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat... | |
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Modesty itself, if it is praised, will be envied ; and there are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. 
