Two very different virtues can attack one another long and viciously. But the time will come when they recognize that they are sisters.

Zwei sehr verschiedene Tugenden können einander lange und scharf befehden; der Augenblick bleibt nicht aus, in dem sie erkennen, daß sie Schwestern sind.

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