There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.
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Sir Philip Sidney Quote
“The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm tree, to strive most upward when they are most burdened.”
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