16.--This clemency of which they make a merit, arises oftentimes from … — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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16.--This clemency of which they make a merit, arises oftentimes from vanity, sometimes from idleness, oftentimes from fear, and almost always from all three combined.
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