Charles Caleb Colton: True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience…
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant, and the censures of the malignant.
In today’s wordsTrue goodness includes a seed of greatness: the ability to patiently bear the mistakes of the ignorant and the criticism of the spiteful.
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