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When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.

— Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

Quand tout le monde a tort, tout le monde a raison.

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A Swiss, like a fool, always sticks to his trade.

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When every one is wrong, then every one is right.

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All things exaggerate, you nought define.

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Fine natures, from their course by fashion torn,
Gain nothing in that they were virtuous born.

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