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“In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of the philosophers and divines.” quote by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax — Download Open image

“In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of the philosophers and divines.”

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

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There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured.

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A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.

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The past is the best way to suppose what may come.

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