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If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

— Algernon Sidney

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That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

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God helps those who help themselves.

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Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.

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This shows that liars ought to have good memories.

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