The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject. - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz. by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer, if they break them.

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Malice is of a low Stature, but it hath very long Arms. It often reacheth into the next World, Death itself is not a Bar to it.

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Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought ; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.

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