Quote#Kindness
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race
Quote byRichard Savage · 1697–1743
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Bastard (1728), line 7, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.
— Richard Savage
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