A Quote by Robert Dodsley

The tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dewdrops falling from roses on the bosom of the earth. Shut not thine ear, therefore, against the cries of the poor, neither harden thine heart against the calamities of the innocent.

Robert Dodsley

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Against Bosom Calamities Compassionate Ear Earth Falling Heart Innocent Neither Poor Roses Shut Sweeter Tears Than Therefore Thine

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Robert Dodsley
February 13, 1704 - September 23, 1764

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