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'Man is nature's sole mistake.'

'My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.'

'When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.'

'You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it'

'Deer hunting would be a fine sport if only the deer had guns'

Born in Covent Garden, London
Died in Harrow, London
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St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
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