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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Deserves
Generally
Goodness
His
Impotence
Man
More
Nothing
Power
Praised
Sloth
Than
Who
Wicked
Will
Without
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