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" The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. "

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" He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin. "

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" All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. "

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" Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. "

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