“What is not proved should not be used in court,
And even less, if someone it may hurt.”
E quel che non si sa non si de' dire,
E tanto men, quando altri n'ha a patire.
Canto XXXII, stanza 102 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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