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It's good fishing in troubled waters.

— Peter of Blois

Aqua turbida piscosior est.

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He who cuts off his nose takes poor revenge for a shame inflicted on him.

De Hierosolymitana peregrinatione acceleranda (1189)

The role of officials today is to upset the laws, to stir up lawsuits, to annul agreements, to devise delays, to suppress the truth, to encourage falsehood, to follow profit, to sell justice, to attend closely to exacting money, to practise cunning.

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