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Quotation from Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
“Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.”
Le Morte d'Arthur, Caxton's Preface (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text))
Caxton tells readers how to read a book that contains both chivalry and cowardice, virtue and sin.
Citation: "Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown." — Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Caxton's Preface (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text)). (id le-morte-darthur-q1)
Virtues: Prudence
Portrait: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, Cedric Chivers / Aubrey Beardsley, Public domain.
