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Only the brave know how to forgive it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

Laurence Sterne

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Laurence Sterne
Age: 54 †
Born: 1713
Born: November 24
Died: 1768
Died: March 18
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Novelist
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Forgiving
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Forgiveness

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