Mahatma Gandhi
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Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world. ✨ An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth pt. 4, ch. 9 (1929)

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