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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.
Only the brave know how to forgive it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
Approximate author period: c. 1740 AD · early modern
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- Laurence Sterne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1740 AD · early modern
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