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I do not think that man honest who would avail himself of a quirk of law to obtain what in reason and justice he can possibly have no right to.

— Joseph Ritson

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Of every species of pride or expence I abominate and detest that most which is lavished on the dead.

Does the expression Jugulatio, orjugulatus est, in the Ulster annals, imply strictly the cutting of a mans throat, or merely the putting him to death?

Copies honestly come by are a thousand times more eligible than swindled originals.

It has been frequently said that fools make knaves; it is equally true, I believe, that credulity is the parent of falsehood.

Your reflections are still worse founded, and could only arise from your considering me in the light of a pettyfogging attorney.

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