The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong pri…

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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1836). Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc, p.108
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