The blackest Ink of Fate, sure, was my Lot,
And, when she writ my Name, she made a blot.
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Pretty-man, Act III, sc. ivGeorge Villiers
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?
George Eliot
And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise,
That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies,
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.Alfred (Lord) Tennyson
ALL PRECEDENTS ARE UNDER THE CONTROUL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW... No Acts of Parliament can establish such a writ [writ of assistance enabling British search of homes for no reason]: … it would be void, "AN ACT AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION IS VOID." Vid. Viner. But … special writs may be granted on oath and probable suspicion.
James Otis
And as she lookt about, she did behold,
How over that same dore was likewise writ,
Be bold, be bold, and every where Be bold,
That much she muz'd, yet could not construe it
By any ridling skill, or commune wit.
At last she spyde at that same roomes upper end,
Another yron dore, on which was writ,
Be not too bold.Edmund Spenser
Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Villon, Francois
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