As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no si…

Charles Caleb Colton
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.300
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.300

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