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Oliver Goldsmith

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Oliver Goldsmith suggests that conscience often lacks the courage to stop people from making mistakes. Because it fails to prevent these faults, it also rarely has the fairness or power to properly blame them afterward.

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