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> [Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/give-a-good-deed-the-credit-of-a-good-motive-and-give-an-evil-deed/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

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## More by Brander Matthews

> [There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/there-is-a-homely-directness-about-these-rustic-apothegms-which-makes/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/the-art-of-the-dramatist-is-very-like-the-art-of-the-architect-a-plot/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/to-be-clear-is-the-first-duty-of-a-writer-to-charm-and-to-please-are/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/a-highbrow-is-a-person-educated-beyond-his-intelligence/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/give-a-good-deed-the-credit-of-a-good-motive-and-give-an-evil-deed/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/in-every-artist-we-can-perceive-a-man-with-both-a-message-and-a/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [Be brief, be buoyant, and be brilliant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/be-brief-be-buoyant-and-be-brilliant/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/when-i-have-no-idea-i-gnaw-my-nails-and-invoke-the-aid-of-providence/)

[Brander Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brander-matthews/)

> [A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brander-matthews/a-gentleman-need-not-know-latin-but-he-should-at-least-have-forgotten/)

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