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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
 He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same 
thing as if he slew him.  
 He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same 
thing as if he slew him. 
 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]  
 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] 
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
 So may the outward shows be least themselves;
 The world is still deceived with ornament.
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 So may the outward shows be least themselves;
 The world is still deceived with ornament.
  In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
   But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
    Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
     What damned error but some sober brow
      Will bless it and approve it with a text,
       Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? 
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
A man of three letters, " F U R."
A man of three letters, " F U R."