"A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood."
-William Shenstone
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"Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.“
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"The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical."
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