If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just,

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. – Jean Baptiste Molière, Le Misanthrope

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