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Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Thomas B. Macaulay

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Historian Quotes
Category:
English Historian Quotes
Year of Birth:
1800
Year of Death:
1859
Nationality:
English
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