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Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?