If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more a…

William Makepeace Thackeray
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If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). Vanity Fair, p.205, Tyché
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