Tis a little thing To give a ...

Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
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 Thomas Noon Talfourd

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Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is.
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 Thomas Noon Talfourd
Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest, he can achieve nothing generous or noble.
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 Thomas Noon Talfourd