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I really think next to the consciousness of doing a good action, that of doing a civil one is the most pleasing; and the epithet which I should covet the most next to that of Aristides, would be that of well-bred.

Lord Chesterfield
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Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.171, Oxford University Press
I really think next to the consciousness of doing a good action, that of doing a civil one is the most pleasing; and the epithet which I should covet the most next to that of Aristides, would be that of well-bred.