The anxiety to be admired is a loveless passion ..., loud on the hustings, gay in the ball-room, mute and sullen at the family fireside. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

The anxiety to be admired is a loveless passion ..., loud on the hustings, gay in the ball-room, mute and sullen at the family fireside.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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