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O you worthless men, beware; and there is a great
multitude of you; but still this man is the leader and chief of the whole
band. In truth, if any poet of splendid genius were to wish to bring on the
stage one most worthless man, deformed with all sorts of imaginary vices
collected from all quarters, he would not, I pledge myself, be able to
discover one disgraceful quality which did not exist in this man, and he
would pass over many which are deeply implanted and firmly rooted in him.
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