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Unless you bear with the faults of a friend, you betray your own.

— Publilius Syrus

Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum.

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Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.

Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

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