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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
-Oliver Goldsmith
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There Are Some Faults So Nearly Allied

Oliver Goldsmith
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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