Charitable Quote by James Boswell

“O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.”

James Boswell

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There is indeed a strange prejudice against Quotation.

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We must take our friends as they are.

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[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.

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