“Man is naturally a proud Animal, and is fond of nothing more than the Breath of Fame to sooth his Vanity, and flatter his Self-Admiration.”

— Richard Blackmore

"An Essay upon False Vertue", p. 263
Essays Upon Several Subjects (1716)

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English poet and physician 1654–1729

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