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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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Edward VI succeeds to throne - 1547, Pall Mall – First Street Lit with Gas - 1807, William Burke is hanged - 1829, First Speeding Fine in Britain - 1896, Derek Bentley Hanged - 1953
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