"The tears of the compassionate are sweeter than……" — Robert Dodsley
"The tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dewdrops falling from roses on the bosom of the earth. Shut not thine ear, therefore, against the cries of the poor, neither harden thine heart against the calamities of the innocent."
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Robert Dodsley
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