We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from An example of good and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare. (Blaise Pascal)

We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from An example of good and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare.

Blaise Pascal

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