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I find great numbers of moderately good people who think it fine to…
Quote byFrederick William Faber · 1814–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Spiritual Conferences (1859), Ch. VIII: "On Taking Scandal", p. 347..
English (original)
I find great numbers of moderately good people who think it fine to take scandal. They regard it as a sort of evidence of their own goodness, and of their delicacy of conscience; while in reality it is only a proof either of their inordinate conceit or of their extreme stupidity.
— Frederick William Faber
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