The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
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Oliver Goldsmith Quote
“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”
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