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you can't keep a good man down

A person who has talent, resolve, or moral strength will eventually succeed despite having been overlooked, injured, or defeated.
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"Isn't it perfectly splendid, Mr. Pepper, to think that Archie's genius has at last been recognized? How quiet he kept it. I had no idea that Mr. Brackett was even interested in his work. I wonder how he heard of it?"

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