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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. – Lord Halifax

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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. – Lord Halifax

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Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one. – Lord Halifax

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