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What a prodigious conscience must that be that can be at quiet within itself whilst it harbors under thesame roof, with so agreeing and so calm a society, both the crime and the judge?
What a prodigious conscience must that be that can be at quiet within itself whilst it harbors under thesame roof, with so agreeing and so calm a society, both the crime and the judge?
Approximate historical placement: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Michel de Montaigne
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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