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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he read more
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
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.]
