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For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil,…

Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 33, The Black Knight speaking to Locksley..

English (original)

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

— Walter Scott

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