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Virginia

Vittorio Alfieri
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“Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.”

Vittorio Alfieri Virginia

Ove son leggi,
Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.
Virginia, II, 1; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 430.

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“Liars are always most disposed to swear.”

Vittorio Alfieri Virginia

A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.
Virginia, II, 3; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 485.

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