He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. - Thomas

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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There mark what ills the scholars life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. – Samuel Johnson

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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. – Confucius

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