True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with…

Charles Caleb Colton
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True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
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True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

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