One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

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How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!

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