Quote#World
Men might be better if we better deemed
Quote byPhilip James Bailey · 1816–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Festus (1839), Scene IV, A Mountain; Sunrise. Compare: "The surest plan to make a man / Is to think him so", J. R. Lowell, Biglow Papers, II, ii. St. 9.
English (original)
Men might be better if we better deemed Of them. The worst way to improve the world Is to condemn it.
— Philip James Bailey
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