"The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.“


-Joseph Addison

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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

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