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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody. – Benjamin Franklin

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