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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.124
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.