A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. - Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton: "A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition."

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Buoyant	Cheerfulness	Concomitants	Deceived
Erudition	Genius	Gravity	Greatness
Harmless	Hilarity	Infrequent	Mistake
Pomposity	Science	Solemnity

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