If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies. …

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If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
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