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[C]onfidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

Source: Speech, 14 Jan 1766, to House of Commons, attacking the Rockingham ministry.
-- William Pitt the Elder, (Nov 15 1708-1778), British statesman; He was twice virtual prime minister (1756-61, 1766-68) and secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.

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