Charity and good-nature give ...

Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable.
Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable.
 William Wycherley

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