From Bon-Mots of Sydney Smith and R. Brinsley Sheridan, edited by Walter JerroldBENEVOLENCE
"Benevolence is a natural instinct of the human mind -- When A sees B in grievous distress, his conscience always urges him to entreat C to help him."
"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
From Bon-Mots of Sydney Smith and R. Brinsley Sheridan, edited by Walter Jerrold
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