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He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
May
Ingratitude
Ungrateful
Crimes
Virtues
Guilt
Pass
Crime
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