The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
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A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.Herodotus
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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