Now, In Reality, The World Have Paid Too Great A Compliment To Critics, And Have Imagined Them To Be Men Of Much Greater Profundity Then They Really Are.

Now, In Reality, The World Have Paid Too Great A Compliment To Critics, And Have Imagined Them To Be Men Of Much Greater Profundity Then They Really Are.

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Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and
have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
-- Henry Fielding

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