To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure … - Charles Caleb Colton

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I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

Charles Caleb Colton

To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will obscure the brightness of the finest gold; but in either case, the real value of both continues the same, although the currency may be somewhat impeded.

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