Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complai…

Henry David Thoreau
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Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). The Portable Thoreau, p.369, Penguin
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