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Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.

Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.

Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern

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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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