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The role of officials today is to upset the laws, to stir up lawsuits, to annul agreements, to devise delays, to suppress the truth, to encourage falsehood, to follow profit, to sell justice, to attend closely to exacting money, to practice cunning.
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He who cuts off his nose takes poor revenge for a shame inflicted on him.
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Peter of Blois
Born:
1135
Died:
1204
(aged 69)
Bio:
Peter of Blois was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly noted for his corpus of Latin letters.
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