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“Eloquence avails nothing against the voice of gold”
Latin Proverb
“It is to their crimes that most great men are indebted for their gardens, their tables, their fine old plate - their love”
“Since you can't copy our pleasures, you begrudge them.”
“The unwritten law - the "common law”
“How near to guilt without actual guilt”
“He dies twice who perishes by his own hand”
“Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold”
“Beware of the man of one book.”
“Where there is doubt, there is freedom.”
“If he should ask for wine, box his ears.”