The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.
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There is a report that Piso is dead it is a great loss he was an honest man, who deserved to live longer he was intelligent and agreeable, resolute and courageous, to be depended upon, generous and faithful.' Add 'provided he is really dead'.Jean Bruyere
No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.
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A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
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We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
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