One never ceases to make a hero of one's self (in private).

Mark Twain

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

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Topic

Delusion Self-aggrandizement Ego

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner. The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1873, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner. "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain: The Gilded Age and Later Novels, edited by Hamlin Hill. Library of America, 2002, ch. 10.

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Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

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Topic
True freedom Delusion

Author

Irving Layton
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Layton, Irving. "Aphs." The Whole Bloody Bird: Obs, Aphs & Pomes. McClelland & Stewart, 1969.