The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance. ✨ Cross, William Shak…

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The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance. ✨ Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, p.1156, Barnes & Noble Publishing
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