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Compassion Quote by Mark Twain

“Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.”

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